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From: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Cc: "Stefan Beller" <sbeller@google.com>,
	"Ronnie Sahlberg" <ronniesahlberg@gmail.com>,
	"Jonathan Nieder" <jrnieder@gmail.com>,
	"Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy" <pclouds@gmail.com>,
	"Eric Sunshine" <sunshine@sunshineco.com>,
	"Jeff King" <peff@peff.net>,
	git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 4/7] struct ref_lock: delete the force_write member
Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2015 11:50:58 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <54F59212.5040105@alum.mit.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqqk2yz9ir9.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com>

On 03/02/2015 10:44 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> writes:
> 
>> Instead, compute the value when it is needed.
> 
>> @@ -2318,8 +2317,6 @@ static struct ref_lock *lock_ref_sha1_basic(const char *refname,
>>  	lock->ref_name = xstrdup(refname);
>>  	lock->orig_ref_name = xstrdup(orig_refname);
>>  	ref_file = git_path("%s", refname);
>> -	if ((flags & REF_NODEREF) && (type & REF_ISSYMREF))
>> -		lock->force_write = 1;
>>  
>>   retry:
>>  	switch (safe_create_leading_directories(ref_file)) {
>> @@ -3787,8 +3784,13 @@ int ref_transaction_commit(struct ref_transaction *transaction,
>>  		struct ref_update *update = updates[i];
>>  
>>  		if (!is_null_sha1(update->new_sha1)) {
>> -			if (!update->lock->force_write &&
>> -			    !hashcmp(update->lock->old_sha1, update->new_sha1)) {
>> +			if (!((update->type & REF_ISSYMREF)
>> +			      && (update->flags & REF_NODEREF))
>> +			    && !hashcmp(update->lock->old_sha1, update->new_sha1)) {
>> +				/*
>> +				 * The reference already has the desired
>> +				 * value, so we don't need to write it.
>> +				 */
>>  				unlock_ref(update->lock);
>>  				update->lock = NULL;
>>  			} else if (write_ref_sha1(update->lock, update->new_sha1,
> 
> The code before and after the change are equivalent.
> 
> It shouldn't be the case, but somehow I find the original slightly
> easier to understand. [...]

I had the same feeling; thanks for confirming it. How about I introduce
a temporary variable `overwriting_symref` as an aid to the reader? I
think this makes it pretty clear:

>  		if (!is_null_sha1(update->new_sha1)) {
> -			if (!update->lock->force_write &&
> -			    !hashcmp(update->lock->old_sha1, update->new_sha1)) {
> +			int overwriting_symref = ((update->type & REF_ISSYMREF) &&
> +						  (update->flags & REF_NODEREF));
> +
> +			if (!overwriting_symref
> +			    && !hashcmp(update->lock->old_sha1, update->new_sha1)) {
> +				/*
> +				 * The reference already has the desired
> +				 * value, so we don't need to write it.
> +				 */
>  				unlock_ref(update->lock);
>  				update->lock = NULL;
>  			} else if (write_ref_sha1(update->lock, update->new_sha1,

Michael

-- 
Michael Haggerty
mhagger@alum.mit.edu

  reply	other threads:[~2015-03-03 10:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-03-02  9:29 [PATCH v2 0/7] Fix some problems with reflog expiration Michael Haggerty
2015-03-02  9:29 ` [PATCH v2 1/7] write_ref_sha1(): remove check for lock == NULL Michael Haggerty
2015-03-02  9:29 ` [PATCH v2 2/7] write_ref_sha1(): Move write elision test to callers Michael Haggerty
2015-03-02  9:29 ` [PATCH v2 3/7] lock_ref_sha1_basic(): do not set force_write for missing references Michael Haggerty
2015-03-02  9:29 ` [PATCH v2 4/7] struct ref_lock: delete the force_write member Michael Haggerty
2015-03-02 21:44   ` Junio C Hamano
2015-03-03 10:50     ` Michael Haggerty [this message]
2015-03-02  9:29 ` [PATCH v2 5/7] reflog: improve and update documentation Michael Haggerty
2015-03-02 22:04   ` Junio C Hamano
2015-03-03 11:35     ` Michael Haggerty
2015-03-02  9:29 ` [PATCH v2 6/7] reflog_expire(): ignore --updateref for symbolic references Michael Haggerty
2015-03-02  9:29 ` [PATCH v2 7/7] reflog_expire(): never update a reference to null_sha1 Michael Haggerty
2015-03-02 22:09 ` [PATCH v2 0/7] Fix some problems with reflog expiration Junio C Hamano

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