[PATCH v4 06/16] index-helper: add --detach

[David Turner <dturner@twopensource.com>]

From: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>

We detach after creating and opening the socket, because otherwise
we might return control to the shell before index-helper is ready to
accept commands.  This might lead to flaky tests.

Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David Turner <dturner@twopensource.com>
---
 Documentation/git-index-helper.txt |  3 +++
 index-helper.c                     | 11 +++++++++--
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/git-index-helper.txt b/Documentation/git-index-helper.txt
index 2382ba8..305ff35 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-index-helper.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-index-helper.txt
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ OPTIONS
 	for reading an index, but because it will happen in the
 	background, it's not noticable. `--strict` is enabled by default.
 
+--detach::
+	Detach from the shell.
+
 NOTES
 -----
 
diff --git a/index-helper.c b/index-helper.c
index 9a4278f..83bfef5 100644
--- a/index-helper.c
+++ b/index-helper.c
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ struct shm {
 
 static struct shm shm_index;
 static struct shm shm_base_index;
-static int to_verify = 1;
+static int daemonized, to_verify = 1;
 
 static char *my_tmp_dir;
 
@@ -103,6 +103,8 @@ static void cleanup_shm(void)
 
 static void cleanup(void)
 {
+	if (daemonized)
+		return;
 	unlink(git_path("index-helper.path"));
 	cleanup_shm();
 }
@@ -354,7 +356,7 @@ static const char * const usage_text[] = {
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
 	const char *prefix;
-	int idle_in_seconds = 600;
+	int idle_in_seconds = 600, detach = 0;
 	int fd;
 	struct strbuf socket_path = STRBUF_INIT;
 	struct option options[] = {
@@ -362,6 +364,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 			    N_("exit if not used after some seconds")),
 		OPT_BOOL(0, "strict", &to_verify,
 			 "verify shared memory after creating"),
+		OPT_BOOL(0, "detach", &detach, "detach the process"),
 		OPT_END()
 	};
 
@@ -396,6 +399,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		die(_("failed to delete old index-helper.path"));
 	if (symlink(get_my_tmp_dir(), git_path("index-helper.path")))
 		die(_("failed to symlink socket path into index-helper.path"));
+
+	if (detach && daemonize(&daemonized))
+		die_errno(_("unable to detach"));
+
 	loop(fd, idle_in_seconds);
 
 	return 0;
-- 
2.4.2.767.g62658d5-twtrsrc