From: Brad King <brad.king@kitware.com>
To: Martin Fick <mfick@codeaurora.org>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC 0/7] Multiple simultaneously locked ref updates
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2013 11:46:56 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <521F6CF0.6040905@kitware.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201308290932.18199.mfick@codeaurora.org>
On 08/29/2013 11:32 AM, Martin Fick wrote:
> On Thursday, August 29, 2013 08:11:48 am Brad King wrote:
>>
>> fatal: Unable to create '....lock': File exists.
>> If no other git process is currently running, this
>> probably means a git process crashed in this repository
>> earlier. Make sure no other git process is running and
>> remove the file manually to continue.
>
> I don't believe git currently tries to do any form of stale
> lock recovery since it is racy and unreliable (both single
> server or on a multi-server shared repo),
Nor should it in this case. I was saying that the front-end
needs to reject duplicate ref names from the stdin lines before
trying to lock the ref twice to avoid this message. I'm asking
for a suggestion for existing data structure capabilities in
Git's source to efficiently detect the duplicate name.
-Brad
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-08-29 15:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 106+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-08-29 14:11 [PATCH/RFC 0/7] Multiple simultaneously locked ref updates Brad King
2013-08-29 14:11 ` [PATCH/RFC 1/7] reset: rename update_refs to reset_refs Brad King
2013-08-29 17:17 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-08-29 18:07 ` Brad King
2013-08-29 14:11 ` [PATCH/RFC 2/7] refs: report ref type from lock_any_ref_for_update Brad King
2013-08-29 17:22 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-08-29 18:08 ` Brad King
2013-08-29 14:11 ` [PATCH/RFC 3/7] refs: factor update_ref steps into helpers Brad King
2013-08-29 14:11 ` [PATCH/RFC 4/7] refs: factor delete_ref loose ref step into a helper Brad King
2013-08-29 17:28 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-08-29 18:08 ` Brad King
2013-08-29 14:11 ` [PATCH/RFC 5/7] refs: add function to repack without multiple refs Brad King
2013-08-29 17:34 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-08-29 18:09 ` Brad King
2013-08-29 14:11 ` [PATCH/RFC 6/7] refs: add update_refs for multiple simultaneous updates Brad King
2013-08-29 17:39 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-08-29 18:20 ` Brad King
2013-08-29 18:32 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-08-29 18:38 ` Brad King
2013-08-29 19:30 ` Brad King
2013-08-29 14:11 ` [PATCH/RFC 7/7] update-ref: support " Brad King
2013-08-29 18:34 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-08-29 18:42 ` Brad King
2013-08-29 15:32 ` [PATCH/RFC 0/7] Multiple simultaneously locked ref updates Martin Fick
2013-08-29 15:46 ` Brad King [this message]
2013-08-29 16:21 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-08-29 17:09 ` Brad King
2013-08-29 18:07 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-08-29 18:23 ` Brad King
2013-08-30 18:11 ` [PATCH v2 0/8] " Brad King
2013-08-30 18:11 ` [PATCH v2 1/8] reset: rename update_refs to reset_refs Brad King
2013-08-30 18:12 ` [PATCH v2 2/8] refs: report ref type from lock_any_ref_for_update Brad King
2013-08-30 18:12 ` [PATCH v2 3/8] refs: factor update_ref steps into helpers Brad King
2013-09-01 6:08 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-09-02 17:19 ` Brad King
2013-08-30 18:12 ` [PATCH v2 4/8] refs: factor delete_ref loose ref step into a helper Brad King
2013-08-31 16:30 ` Michael Haggerty
2013-09-02 17:19 ` Brad King
2013-08-30 18:12 ` [PATCH v2 5/8] refs: add function to repack without multiple refs Brad King
2013-08-30 18:12 ` [PATCH v2 6/8] refs: add update_refs for multiple simultaneous updates Brad King
2013-08-31 18:19 ` Michael Haggerty
2013-09-02 17:20 ` Brad King
2013-09-01 6:08 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-09-02 17:20 ` Brad King
2013-09-03 4:43 ` Michael Haggerty
2013-09-03 11:59 ` Brad King
2013-08-30 18:12 ` [PATCH v2 7/8] update-ref: support " Brad King
2013-08-30 22:51 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-09-02 17:23 ` Brad King
2013-08-31 18:42 ` Michael Haggerty
2013-09-02 17:21 ` Brad King
2013-08-30 18:12 ` [PATCH v2 8/8] update-ref: add test cases covering --stdin signature Brad King
2013-09-01 3:41 ` Eric Sunshine
2013-09-02 17:23 ` Brad King
2013-08-31 19:02 ` [PATCH v2 0/8] Multiple simultaneously locked ref updates Michael Haggerty
2013-09-02 17:48 ` [PATCH v3 " Brad King
2013-09-02 17:48 ` [PATCH v3 1/8] reset: rename update_refs to reset_refs Brad King
2013-09-02 17:48 ` [PATCH v3 2/8] refs: report ref type from lock_any_ref_for_update Brad King
2013-09-02 17:48 ` [PATCH v3 3/8] refs: factor update_ref steps into helpers Brad King
2013-09-02 17:48 ` [PATCH v3 4/8] refs: factor delete_ref loose ref step into a helper Brad King
2013-09-02 17:48 ` [PATCH v3 5/8] refs: add function to repack without multiple refs Brad King
2013-09-02 17:48 ` [PATCH v3 6/8] refs: add update_refs for multiple simultaneous updates Brad King
2013-09-02 17:48 ` [PATCH v3 7/8] update-ref: support " Brad King
2013-09-02 18:37 ` Brad King
2013-09-02 17:48 ` [PATCH v3 8/8] update-ref: add test cases covering --stdin signature Brad King
2013-09-03 8:16 ` Eric Sunshine
2013-09-03 12:15 ` Brad King
2013-09-04 15:22 ` [PATCH v4 0/8] Multiple simultaneously locked ref updates Brad King
2013-09-04 15:22 ` [PATCH v4 1/8] reset: rename update_refs to reset_refs Brad King
2013-09-04 15:22 ` [PATCH v4 2/8] refs: report ref type from lock_any_ref_for_update Brad King
2013-09-04 15:22 ` [PATCH v4 3/8] refs: factor update_ref steps into helpers Brad King
2013-09-04 15:22 ` [PATCH v4 4/8] refs: factor delete_ref loose ref step into a helper Brad King
2013-09-04 15:22 ` [PATCH v4 5/8] refs: add function to repack without multiple refs Brad King
2013-09-04 15:22 ` [PATCH v4 6/8] refs: add update_refs for multiple simultaneous updates Brad King
2013-09-04 15:22 ` [PATCH v4 7/8] update-ref: support " Brad King
2013-09-04 18:23 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-09-04 19:59 ` Brad King
2013-09-04 21:27 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-09-05 20:32 ` Brad King
2013-09-05 21:23 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-09-05 23:44 ` Brad King
2013-09-04 19:17 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-09-04 19:16 ` Brad King
2013-09-04 15:22 ` [PATCH v4 8/8] update-ref: add test cases covering --stdin signature Brad King
2013-09-09 13:22 ` [PATCH v5 0/8] Multiple simultaneously locked ref updates Brad King
2013-09-09 13:22 ` [PATCH v5 7/8] update-ref: support multiple simultaneous updates Brad King
2013-09-09 13:22 ` [PATCH v5 8/8] update-ref: add test cases covering --stdin signature Brad King
2013-09-10 0:57 ` [PATCH v6 0/8] Multiple simultaneously locked ref updates Brad King
2013-09-10 0:57 ` [PATCH v6 1/8] reset: rename update_refs to reset_refs Brad King
2013-09-10 3:43 ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-09-10 0:57 ` [PATCH v6 2/8] refs: report ref type from lock_any_ref_for_update Brad King
2013-09-10 0:57 ` [PATCH v6 3/8] refs: factor update_ref steps into helpers Brad King
2013-09-10 0:57 ` [PATCH v6 4/8] refs: factor delete_ref loose ref step into a helper Brad King
2013-09-10 0:57 ` [PATCH v6 5/8] refs: add function to repack without multiple refs Brad King
2013-09-10 0:57 ` [PATCH v6 6/8] refs: add update_refs for multiple simultaneous updates Brad King
2013-09-10 0:57 ` [PATCH v6 7/8] update-ref: support " Brad King
2013-09-10 22:51 ` Eric Sunshine
2013-09-11 12:36 ` Brad King
2013-09-11 16:07 ` Eric Sunshine
2013-09-10 0:57 ` [PATCH v6 8/8] update-ref: add test cases covering --stdin signature Brad King
2013-09-10 22:46 ` Eric Sunshine
2013-09-10 22:54 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-09-11 12:46 ` [PATCH v6.1 " Brad King
2013-09-10 16:30 ` [PATCH v6 0/8] Multiple simultaneously locked ref updates Junio C Hamano
2013-09-10 16:54 ` Brad King
2013-09-10 20:18 ` Junio C Hamano
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