Re: [PATCH] clone --dissociate: avoid locking pack files

[Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>]

Hi Max,

On 2015-10-01 06:39, Max Kirillov wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 10:28:14PM +0300, Max Kirillov wrote:
>> On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 09:44:57PM +0200, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
>>> -	if (option_dissociate)
>>> +	if (option_dissociate) {
>>> +		struct packed_git *p;
>>> +
>>> +		for (p = packed_git; p; p = p->next) {
>>> +			close_pack_windows(p);
>>> +			close_pack_index(p);
>>> +		}
>>>  		dissociate_from_references();
>>> +	}
> 
>> This does not seem to close handles to the pack files
>> themseves, does Windows still allow removing the files? I
>> probably did not tried that, because I started from handles,
>> and discovered mapped files only later.
> 
> Apparently, pack file is closed just after mapping if it's
> smaller than core.packedGitWindowSize. Could it be the
> reason that this patch worked in you test case?

That must be the reason, thanks!

Ciao,
Dscho