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2014-10-01fdopen_lock_file(): access a lockfile using stdioLibravatar Michael Haggerty1-5/+41
Add a new function, fdopen_lock_file(), which returns a FILE pointer open to the lockfile. If a stream is open on a lock_file object, it is closed using fclose() on commit, rollback, or close_lock_file(). This change will allow callers to use stdio to write to a lockfile without having to muck around in the internal representation of the lock_file object (callers will be rewritten in upcoming commits). Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-10-01lockfile.h: extract new header file for the functions in lockfile.cLibravatar Michael Haggerty1-51/+1
Move the interface declaration for the functions in lockfile.c from cache.h to a new file, lockfile.h. Add #includes where necessary (and remove some redundant includes of cache.h by files that already include builtin.h). Move the documentation of the lock_file state diagram from lockfile.c to the new header file. Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-10-01hold_locked_index(): move from lockfile.c to read-cache.cLibravatar Michael Haggerty1-8/+0
lockfile.c contains the general API for locking any file. Code specifically about the index file doesn't belong here. Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-10-01hold_lock_file_for_append(): restore errno before returningLibravatar Michael Haggerty1-1/+8
Callers who don't pass LOCK_DIE_ON_ERROR might want to examine errno to see what went wrong, so restore errno before returning. In fact this function only has one caller, add_to_alternates_file(), and it *does* use LOCK_DIE_ON_ERROR, but, you know, think of future generations. Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-10-01get_locked_file_path(): new functionLibravatar Michael Haggerty1-0/+9
Add a function to return the path of the file that is locked by a lock_file object. This reduces the knowledge that callers have to have about the lock_file layout. Suggested-by: Ronnie Sahlberg <sahlberg@google.com> Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-10-01lockfile.c: rename static functionsLibravatar Michael Haggerty1-5/+5
* remove_lock_file() -> remove_lock_files() * remove_lock_file_on_signal() -> remove_lock_files_on_signal() Suggested-by: Torsten Bögershausen <tboegi@web.de> Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-10-01lockfile: rename LOCK_NODEREF to LOCK_NO_DEREFLibravatar Michael Haggerty1-1/+1
This makes it harder to misread the name as LOCK_NODE_REF. Suggested-by: Torsten Bögershausen <tboegi@web.de> Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-10-01commit_lock_file_to(): refactor a helper out of commit_lock_file()Libravatar Michael Haggerty1-14/+26
commit_locked_index(), when writing to an alternate index file, duplicates (poorly) the code in commit_lock_file(). And anyway, it shouldn't have to know so much about the internal workings of lockfile objects. So extract a new function commit_lock_file_to() that does the work common to the two functions, and call it from both commit_lock_file() and commit_locked_index(). Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-10-01trim_last_path_component(): replace last_path_elm()Libravatar Michael Haggerty1-22/+16
Rewrite last_path_elm() to take a strbuf parameter and to trim off the last path name element in place rather than returning a pointer to the beginning of the last path name element. This simplifies the function a bit and makes it integrate better with its caller, which is now also strbuf-based. Rename the function accordingly and a bit less tersely. Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-10-01resolve_symlink(): take a strbuf parameterLibravatar Michael Haggerty1-35/+22
Change resolve_symlink() to take a strbuf rather than a string as parameter. This simplifies the code and removes an arbitrary pathname length restriction. It also means that lock_file's filename field no longer needs to be initialized to a large size. Helped-by: Torsten Bögershausen <tboegi@web.de> Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-10-01resolve_symlink(): use a strbuf for internal scratch spaceLibravatar Michael Haggerty1-21/+12
Aside from shortening and simplifying the code, this removes another place where the path name length is arbitrarily limited. Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-10-01lockfile: change lock_file::filename into a strbufLibravatar Michael Haggerty1-29/+24
For now, we still make sure to allocate at least PATH_MAX characters for the strbuf because resolve_symlink() doesn't know how to expand the space for its return value. (That will be fixed in a moment.) Another alternative would be to just use a strbuf as scratch space in lock_file() but then store a pointer to the naked string in struct lock_file. But lock_file objects are often reused. By reusing the same strbuf, we can avoid having to reallocate the string most times when a lock_file object is reused. Helped-by: Torsten Bögershausen <tboegi@web.de> Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-10-01commit_lock_file(): use a strbuf to manage temporary spaceLibravatar Michael Haggerty1-5/+7
Avoid relying on the filename length restrictions that are currently checked by lock_file(). Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-10-01struct lock_file: declare some fields volatileLibravatar Michael Haggerty1-1/+1
The function remove_lock_file_on_signal() is used as a signal handler. It is not realistic to make the signal handler conform strictly to the C standard, which is very restrictive about what a signal handler is allowed to do. But let's increase the likelihood that it will work: The lock_file_list global variable and several fields from struct lock_file are used by the signal handler. Declare those values "volatile" to (1) force the main process to write the values to RAM promptly, and (2) prevent updates to these fields from being reordered in a way that leaves an opportunity for a jump to the signal handler while the object is in an inconsistent state. We don't mark the filename field volatile because that would prevent the use of strcpy(), and it is anyway unlikely that a compiler re-orders a strcpy() call across other expressions. So in practice it should be possible to get away without "volatile" in the "filename" case. Suggested-by: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org> Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-10-01lockfile: avoid transitory invalid statesLibravatar Michael Haggerty1-11/+26
Because remove_lock_file() can be called any time by the signal handler, it is important that any lock_file objects that are in the lock_file_list are always in a valid state. And since lock_file objects are often reused (but are never removed from lock_file_list), that means we have to be careful whenever mutating a lock_file object to always keep it in a well-defined state. This was formerly not the case, because part of the state was encoded by setting lk->filename to the empty string vs. a valid filename. It is wrong to assume that this string can be updated atomically; for example, even strcpy(lk->filename, value) is unsafe. But the old code was even more reckless; for example, strcpy(lk->filename, path); if (!(flags & LOCK_NODEREF)) resolve_symlink(lk->filename, max_path_len); strcat(lk->filename, ".lock"); During the call to resolve_symlink(), lk->filename contained the name of the file that was being locked, not the name of the lockfile. If a signal were raised during that interval, then the signal handler would have deleted the valuable file! We could probably continue to use the filename field to encode the state by being careful to write characters 1..N-1 of the filename first, and then overwrite the NUL at filename[0] with the first character of the filename, but that would be awkward and error-prone. So, instead of using the filename field to determine whether the lock_file object is active, add a new field "lock_file::active" for this purpose. Be careful to set this field only when filename really contains the name of a file that should be deleted on cleanup. Helped-by: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org> Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-10-01commit_lock_file(): rollback lock file on failure to renameLibravatar Michael Haggerty1-1/+6
If rename() fails, call rollback_lock_file() to delete the lock file (in case it is still present) and reset the filename field to the empty string so that the lockfile object is left in a valid state. Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-10-01close_lock_file(): if close fails, roll backLibravatar Michael Haggerty1-10/+18
If closing an open lockfile fails, then we cannot be sure of the contents of the lockfile, so there is nothing sensible to do but delete it. This change also insures that the lock_file object is left in a defined state in this error path (namely, unlocked). The only caller that is ultimately affected by this change is try_merge_strategy() -> write_locked_index(), which can call close_lock_file() via various execution paths. This caller uses a static lock_file object which previously could have been reused after a failed close_lock_file() even though it was still in locked state. This change causes the lock_file object to be unlocked on failure, thus fixing this error-handling path. Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-10-01commit_lock_file(): die() if called for unlocked lockfile objectLibravatar Michael Haggerty1-0/+3
It was previously a bug to call commit_lock_file() with a lock_file object that was not active (an illegal access would happen within the function). It was presumably never done, but this would be an easy programming error to overlook. So before continuing, do a consistency check that the lock_file object really is locked. Helped-by: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org> Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-10-01commit_lock_file(): inline temporary variableLibravatar Michael Haggerty1-3/+5
Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-10-01remove_lock_file(): call rollback_lock_file()Libravatar Michael Haggerty1-6/+2
It does just what we need. Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> Reviewed-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-10-01lock_file(): exit early if lockfile cannot be openedLibravatar Michael Haggerty1-12/+11
This is a bit easier to read than the old version, which nested part of the non-error code in an "if" block. Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> Reviewed-by: Ronnie Sahlberg <sahlberg@google.com> Reviewed-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-10-01cache.h: define constants LOCK_SUFFIX and LOCK_SUFFIX_LENLibravatar Michael Haggerty1-5/+6
There are a few places that use these values, so define constants for them. Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-10-01lockfile.c: document the various states of lock_file objectsLibravatar Michael Haggerty1-0/+42
Document the valid states of lock_file objects, how they get into each state, and how the state is encoded in the object's fields. Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> Reviewed-by: Ronnie Sahlberg <sahlberg@google.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-10-01lock_file(): always initialize and register lock_file objectLibravatar Michael Haggerty1-9/+16
The purpose of this change is to make the state diagram for lock_file objects simpler and deterministic. If locking fails, lock_file() sometimes leaves the lock_file object partly initialized, but sometimes not. It sometimes registers the object in lock_file_list, but sometimes not. This makes the state diagram for lock_file objects effectively indeterministic and hard to reason about. A future patch will also change the filename field into a strbuf, which needs more involved initialization, so it will become even more important that the state of a lock_file object is well-defined after a failed attempt to lock. The ambiguity doesn't currently have any ill effects, because lock_file objects cannot be removed from the lock_file_list anyway. But to make it easier to document and reason about the code, make this behavior consistent: *always* initialize the lock_file object and *always* register it in lock_file_list the first time it is used, regardless of whether an error occurs. While we're at it, make sure that all of the lock_file fields are initialized to values appropriate for an unlocked object; the caller is only responsible for making sure that on_list is set to zero before the first time it is used. Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-10-01hold_lock_file_for_append(): release lock on errorsLibravatar Michael Haggerty1-2/+2
If there is an error copying the old contents to the lockfile, roll back the lockfile before exiting so that the lockfile is not held until process cleanup. Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> Reviewed-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-10-01lockfile: unlock file if lockfile permissions cannot be adjustedLibravatar Michael Haggerty1-0/+1
If the call to adjust_shared_perm() fails, lock_file returns -1, which to the caller looks like any other failure to lock the file. So in this case, roll back the lockfile before returning so that the lock file is deleted immediately and the lockfile object is left in a predictable state (namely, unlocked). Previously, the lockfile was retained until process cleanup in this situation. Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> Reviewed-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-10-01rollback_lock_file(): set fd to -1Libravatar Michael Haggerty1-2/+1
When rolling back the lockfile, call close_lock_file() so that the lock_file's fd field gets set back to -1. This keeps the lock_file object in a valid state, which is important because these objects are allowed to be reused. It also makes it unnecessary to check whether the file has already been closed, because close_lock_file() takes care of that. Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> Reviewed-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-10-01rollback_lock_file(): exit early if lock is not activeLibravatar Michael Haggerty1-6/+7
Eliminate a layer of nesting. Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> Reviewed-by: Ronnie Sahlberg <sahlberg@google.com> Reviewed-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-10-01rollback_lock_file(): do not clear filename redundantlyLibravatar Michael Haggerty1-1/+1
It is only necessary to clear the lock_file's filename field if it was not already clear. Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> Reviewed-by: Ronnie Sahlberg <sahlberg@google.com> Reviewed-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-10-01close_lock_file(): exit (successfully) if file is already closedLibravatar Michael Haggerty1-1/+5
Suggested-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-10-01unable_to_lock_die(): rename function from unable_to_lock_index_die()Libravatar Michael Haggerty1-3/+3
This function is used for other things besides the index, so rename it accordingly. Suggested-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> Reviewed-by: Ronnie Sahlberg <sahlberg@google.com> Reviewed-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-09-02Merge branch 'jc/reopen-lock-file'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+10
There are cases where you lock and open to write a file, close it to show the updated contents to external processes, and then have to update the file again while still holding the lock, but the lockfile API lacked support for such an access pattern. * jc/reopen-lock-file: lockfile: allow reopening a closed but still locked file
2014-07-21Merge branch 'rs/ref-transaction-0'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-15/+24
Early part of the "ref transaction" topic. * rs/ref-transaction-0: refs.c: change ref_transaction_update() to do error checking and return status refs.c: remove the onerr argument to ref_transaction_commit update-ref: use err argument to get error from ref_transaction_commit refs.c: make update_ref_write update a strbuf on failure refs.c: make ref_update_reject_duplicates take a strbuf argument for errors refs.c: log_ref_write should try to return meaningful errno refs.c: make resolve_ref_unsafe set errno to something meaningful on error refs.c: commit_packed_refs to return a meaningful errno on failure refs.c: make remove_empty_directories always set errno to something sane refs.c: verify_lock should set errno to something meaningful refs.c: make sure log_ref_setup returns a meaningful errno refs.c: add an err argument to repack_without_refs lockfile.c: make lock_file return a meaningful errno on failurei lockfile.c: add a new public function unable_to_lock_message refs.c: add a strbuf argument to ref_transaction_commit for error logging refs.c: allow passing NULL to ref_transaction_free refs.c: constify the sha arguments for ref_transaction_create|delete|update refs.c: ref_transaction_commit should not free the transaction refs.c: remove ref_transaction_rollback
2014-07-14lockfile: allow reopening a closed but still locked fileLibravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+10
In some code paths (e.g. giving "add -i" to prepare the contents to be committed interactively inside "commit -p") where a caller takes a lock, writes the new content, give chance for others to use it while still holding the lock, and then releases the lock when all is done. As an extension, allow the caller to re-update an already closed file while still holding the lock (i.e. not yet committed) by re-opening the file, to be followed by updating the contents and then by the usual close_lock_file() or commit_lock_file(). This is necessary if we want to add code to rebuild the cache-tree and write the resulting index out after "add -i" returns the control to "commit -p", for example. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-07-14lockfile.c: make lock_file return a meaningful errno on failureiLibravatar Ronnie Sahlberg1-5/+12
Making errno when returning from lock_file() meaningful, which should fix * an existing almost-bug in lock_ref_sha1_basic where it assumes errno==ENOENT is meaningful and could waste some work on retries * an existing bug in repack_without_refs where it prints strerror(errno) and picks advice based on errno, despite errno potentially being zero and potentially having been clobbered by that point Signed-off-by: Ronnie Sahlberg <sahlberg@google.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> Acked-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
2014-07-14lockfile.c: add a new public function unable_to_lock_messageLibravatar Ronnie Sahlberg1-10/+12
Introducing a new unable_to_lock_message helper, which has nicer semantics than unable_to_lock_error and cleans up lockfile.c a little. Signed-off-by: Ronnie Sahlberg <sahlberg@google.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> Acked-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
2014-06-13read-cache: relocate and unexport commit_locked_index()Libravatar Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy1-20/+0
This function is now only used by write_locked_index(). Move it to read-cache.c (because read-cache.c will need to be aware of alternate_index_output later) and unexport it. Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2013-07-07lockfile: fix buffer overflow in path handlingLibravatar Michael Haggerty1-4/+6
The path of the file to be locked is held in lock_file::filename, which is a fixed-length buffer of length PATH_MAX. This buffer is also (temporarily) used to hold the path of the lock file, which is the path of the file being locked plus ".lock". Because of this, the path of the file being locked must be less than (PATH_MAX - 5) characters long (5 chars are needed for ".lock" and one character for the NUL terminator). On entry into lock_file(), the path length was only verified to be less than PATH_MAX characters, not less than (PATH_MAX - 5) characters. When and if resolve_symlink() is called, then that function is correctly told to treat the buffer as (PATH_MAX - 5) characters long. This part is correct. However: * If LOCK_NODEREF was specified, then resolve_symlink() is never called. * If resolve_symlink() is called but the path is not a symlink, then the length check is never applied. So it is possible for a path with length (PATH_MAX - 5 <= len < PATH_MAX) to make it through the checks. When ".lock" is strcat()ted to such a path, the lock_file::filename buffer is overflowed. Fix the problem by adding a check when entering lock_file() that the original path is less than (PATH_MAX - 5) characters. [jc: with independent development by Peff] Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-03-17Name make_*_path functions more accuratelyLibravatar Carlos Martín Nieto1-2/+2
Rename the make_*_path functions so it's clearer what they do, in particlar make clear what the differnce between make_absolute_path and make_nonrelative_path is by renaming them real_path and absolute_path respectively. make_relative_path has an understandable name and is renamed to relative_path to maintain the name convention. The function calls have been replaced 1-to-1 in their usage. Signed-off-by: Carlos Martín Nieto <cmn@elego.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2010-01-12lockfile: show absolute filename in unable_to_lock_messageLibravatar Matthieu Moy1-2/+3
When calling a git command from a subdirectory and a file locking fails, the user will get a path relative to the root of the worktree, which is invalid from the place where the command is ran. Make it easy for the user to know which file it is. Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-09-29git branch -D: give a better error message when lockfile creation failsLibravatar Miklos Vajna1-6/+20
Previously the old error message just told the user that it was not possible to delete the ref from the packed-refs file. Give instructions on how to resolve the problem. Signed-off-by: Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@frugalware.org> Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
2009-05-18Merge branch 'ar/unlink-err'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-2/+2
* ar/unlink-err: print unlink(2) errno in copy_or_link_directory replace direct calls to unlink(2) with unlink_or_warn Introduce an unlink(2) wrapper which gives warning if unlink failed
2009-05-01Fix a bunch of pointer declarations (codestyle)Libravatar Felipe Contreras1-1/+1
Essentially; s/type* /type */ as per the coding guidelines. Signed-off-by: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-04-29replace direct calls to unlink(2) with unlink_or_warnLibravatar Alex Riesen1-2/+2
This helps to notice when something's going wrong, especially on systems which lock open files. I used the following criteria when selecting the code for replacement: - it was already printing a warning for the unlink failures - it is in a function which already printing something or is called from such a function - it is in a static function, returning void and the function is only called from a builtin main function (cmd_) - it is in a function which handles emergency exit (signal handlers) - it is in a function which is obvously cleaning up the lockfiles Signed-off-by: Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-03-04Make the 'lock file' exists error more informativeLibravatar John Tapsell1-2/+2
It looks like someone did 90% of the work, then forgot to actually use the function in one place. Also the helper function did not use the correct variable. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-02-19Merge branch 'maint'Libravatar Junio C Hamano1-1/+15
* maint: More friendly message when locking the index fails. Document git blame --reverse. Documentation: Note file formats send-email accepts
2009-02-19More friendly message when locking the index fails.Libravatar Matthieu Moy1-1/+15
Just saying that index.lock exists doesn't tell the user _what_ to do to fix the problem. We should give an indication that it's normally safe to delete index.lock after making sure git isn't running here. Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-01-21refactor signal handling for cleanup functionsLibravatar Jeff King1-5/+1
The current code is very inconsistent about which signals are caught for doing cleanup of temporary files and lock files. Some callsites checked only SIGINT, while others checked a variety of death-dealing signals. This patch factors out those signals to a single function, and then calls it everywhere. For some sites, that means this is a simple clean up. For others, it is an improvement in that they will now properly clean themselves up after a larger variety of signals. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-01-21chain kill signals for cleanup functionsLibravatar Jeff King1-6/+7
If a piece of code wanted to do some cleanup before exiting (e.g., cleaning up a lockfile or a tempfile), our usual strategy was to install a signal handler that did something like this: do_cleanup(); /* actual work */ signal(signo, SIG_DFL); /* restore previous behavior */ raise(signo); /* deliver signal, killing ourselves */ For a single handler, this works fine. However, if we want to clean up two _different_ things, we run into a problem. The most recently installed handler will run, but when it removes itself as a handler, it doesn't put back the first handler. This patch introduces sigchain, a tiny library for handling a stack of signal handlers. You sigchain_push each handler, and use sigchain_pop to restore whoever was before you in the stack. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2008-12-21Make sure lockfiles are unlocked when dying on SIGPIPELibravatar Junio C Hamano1-0/+1
We cleaned up lockfiles upon receiving the usual suspects HUP, TERM, QUIT but a wicked user could kill us of asphyxiation by piping our output to a pipe that does not read. Protect ourselves by catching SIGPIPE and clean up the lockfiles as well in such a case. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>