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From: merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz)
To: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
Cc: Martin Langhoff <martin.langhoff@gmail.com>,
	Git Mailing List <git@vger.kernel.org>,
	martyn@catalyst.net.nz
Subject: Re: git-cvsserver & push/commit atomically
Date: 12 Feb 2006 18:25:00 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <86wtg0j8qr.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.63.0602130110590.21465@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>

>>>>> "Johannes" == Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:

Johannes> Correct. The filesystem way to lock is to create a lock file and
Johannes> fail if it already exists.

Unless NFS has been fixed, that's not an atomic operation over NFS.  Might not
matter here, but important to note if this is your first time seeing this lock
strategy.

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      reply	other threads:[~2006-02-13  2:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-02-12 23:50 git-cvsserver & push/commit atomically Martin Langhoff
2006-02-13  0:17 ` Johannes Schindelin
2006-02-13  2:25   ` Randal L. Schwartz [this message]

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