Re: [PATCH 2/3] merge: use refresh_and_write_cache

[Thomas Gummerer <t.gummerer@gmail.com>]

On 08/28, Martin Ågren wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Aug 2019 at 12:15, Thomas Gummerer <t.gummerer@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> >         struct lock_file lock = LOCK_INIT;
> >         const char *head_arg = "HEAD";
> >
> > -       hold_locked_index(&lock, LOCK_DIE_ON_ERROR);
> > -       refresh_cache(REFRESH_QUIET);
> > -       if (write_locked_index(&the_index, &lock,
> > -                              COMMIT_LOCK | SKIP_IF_UNCHANGED))
> > -               return error(_("Unable to write index."));
> > +       if (refresh_and_write_cache(REFRESH_QUIET, COMMIT_LOCK | SKIP_IF_UNCHANGED) < 0)
> > +               return -1;
> 
> I wondered why you didn't drop the `struct lock_file`, but it turns out
> we still need it further down.
> 
> >         if (!strcmp(strategy, "recursive") || !strcmp(strategy, "subtree")) {
> >                 int clean, x;
> 
> What you could do, I guess, is to move its declaration to around here.
> Probably not worth a re-roll.

I'll re-roll anyway for the things you spotted in the first patch, so
I'll drop it down here while I'm at it, thanks!

> > @@ -860,13 +857,9 @@ static int merge_trivial(struct commit *head, struct commit_list *remoteheads)
> >  {
> >         struct object_id result_tree, result_commit;
> >         struct commit_list *parents, **pptr = &parents;
> > -       struct lock_file lock = LOCK_INIT;
> >
> > -       hold_locked_index(&lock, LOCK_DIE_ON_ERROR);
> > -       refresh_cache(REFRESH_QUIET);
> > -       if (write_locked_index(&the_index, &lock,
> > -                              COMMIT_LOCK | SKIP_IF_UNCHANGED))
> > -               return error(_("Unable to write index."));
> > +       if (refresh_and_write_cache(REFRESH_QUIET, COMMIT_LOCK | SKIP_IF_UNCHANGED) < 0)
> > +               return -1;
> 
> Here you do drop the `struct lock_file` entirely, ok.
> 
> 
> 
> Martin