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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox•com>
To: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail•com>
Cc: "Stefan Beller" <sbeller@google•com>,
	git@vger•kernel.org, "Michael Haggerty" <mhagger@alum•mit.edu>,
	"Jeff King" <peff@peff•net>,
	"Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy" <pclouds@gmail•com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/14] add_to_alternates_file: respect GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY
Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2014 10:53:16 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqq4mtcimzn.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20141203051220.GL6527@google.com> (Jonathan Nieder's message of "Tue, 2 Dec 2014 21:12:20 -0800")

Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail•com> writes:

> The objects directory is spelled as get_object_directory(), not
> git_path("objects").  Some other code still hard-codes the objects/
> directory name, so in the long term we may want to get rid of the
> pretense of support for GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY altogether, but this
> makes the code more consistent for now.
>
> While at it, split variable declarations from the rest of the
> function.  This makes the function a little easier to read, at the
> cost of some vertical space.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail•com>
> ---
> This is mainly for consistency / cleanliness.  I wouldn't mind
> dropping it.

I think this is a worthwhile thing to do, but you probably would
want to Cc author of nd/multiple-work-trees topic which would need
to address similar concern.

> The rest of 'git clone' is not careful about paying attention to
> GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY either.  I suspect GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY was a bit
> of a failed experiment.

"clone" is a bit special in that it needs to be careful about the
"local" case.  Does GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY (or GIT_DIR for that matter)
refer to the source or to the destination?

>  sha1_file.c | 12 +++++++++---
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/sha1_file.c b/sha1_file.c
> index d7f1838..e1945e2 100644
> --- a/sha1_file.c
> +++ b/sha1_file.c
> @@ -403,9 +403,15 @@ void read_info_alternates(const char * relative_base, int depth)
>  
>  void add_to_alternates_file(const char *reference)
>  {
> -	struct lock_file *lock = xcalloc(1, sizeof(struct lock_file));
> -	int fd = hold_lock_file_for_append(lock, git_path("objects/info/alternates"), LOCK_DIE_ON_ERROR);
> -	char *alt = mkpath("%s\n", reference);
> +	struct lock_file *lock;
> +	int fd;
> +	char *alt;
> +
> +	lock = xcalloc(1, sizeof(*lock));
> +	fd = hold_lock_file_for_append(lock, mkpath("%s/info/alternates",
> +						    get_object_directory()),
> +				       LOCK_DIE_ON_ERROR);
> +	alt = mkpath("%s\n", reference);
>  	write_or_die(fd, alt, strlen(alt));
>  	if (commit_lock_file(lock))
>  		die("could not close alternates file");

  reply	other threads:[~2014-12-03 18:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 83+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-11-17 22:14 [PATCH] copy.c: make copy_fd preserve meaningful errno Stefan Beller
2014-11-17 23:08 ` Junio C Hamano
2014-11-17 23:13   ` Stefan Beller
2014-11-17 23:35 ` Jonathan Nieder
2014-11-18  0:18   ` Stefan Beller
2014-11-18  0:48     ` Jonathan Nieder
2014-11-18  1:01       ` Stefan Beller
2014-12-03  5:02         ` [PATCH 0/14] " Jonathan Nieder
2014-12-03  5:10           ` [PATCH 01/14] strbuf: introduce strbuf_prefixf() Jonathan Nieder
2014-12-03 20:10             ` Eric Sunshine
2014-12-03 20:14               ` Jonathan Nieder
2014-12-03 21:45             ` Junio C Hamano
2014-12-03 21:59               ` Jonathan Nieder
2014-12-03 22:09                 ` Jonathan Nieder
2014-12-03 22:40                 ` Junio C Hamano
2014-12-03  5:12           ` [PATCH 02/14] add_to_alternates_file: respect GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY Jonathan Nieder
2014-12-03 18:53             ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2014-12-03  5:13           ` [PATCH 03/14] copy_fd: pass error message back through a strbuf Jonathan Nieder
2014-12-03 19:01             ` Junio C Hamano
2014-12-03 20:28               ` Jonathan Nieder
2014-12-03 21:00               ` Jeff King
2014-12-03 21:38                 ` Jonathan Nieder
2014-12-04  7:59                   ` Jeff King
2014-12-04  8:36                     ` Stefan Beller
2014-12-04  9:04                       ` Jeff King
2014-12-10 17:02                     ` Michael Haggerty
2014-12-10 19:00                       ` Junio C Hamano
2014-12-10 19:14                         ` Jeff King
2014-12-04  3:01               ` [PATCH/RFC] doc: document error handling functions and conventions (Re: [PATCH 03/14] copy_fd: pass error message back through a strbuf) Jonathan Nieder
2014-12-04 23:27                 ` Junio C Hamano
2014-12-04 23:37                   ` Jonathan Nieder
2014-12-04 23:41                   ` Jonathan Nieder
2014-12-04 23:44                     ` Jeff King
2014-12-04 23:52                       ` Junio C Hamano
2014-12-05  0:01                         ` Jeff King
2014-12-05 18:00                           ` Junio C Hamano
2014-12-07 10:07                             ` Jeff King
2014-12-09 18:43                               ` Junio C Hamano
2014-12-09 18:49                                 ` Jeff King
2015-02-12 23:08                                 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-02-17 15:50                                   ` Michael Haggerty
2015-02-17 16:03                                     ` Junio C Hamano
2015-02-17 16:05                                       ` Jeff King
2015-02-17 22:46                                         ` Junio C Hamano
2014-12-03 20:02             ` [PATCH 03/14] copy_fd: pass error message back through a strbuf Junio C Hamano
2014-12-03 20:18               ` Jonathan Nieder
2014-12-03 21:43                 ` Junio C Hamano
2014-12-03 21:51                   ` Jonathan Nieder
2014-12-03 20:20               ` Stefan Beller
2014-12-03  5:14           ` [PATCH 04/14] hold_lock_file_for_append: " Jonathan Nieder
2014-12-03  6:09             ` Torsten Bögershausen
2014-12-03  7:04               ` Jonathan Nieder
2014-12-03  5:16           ` [PATCH 05/14] lock_packed_refs: " Jonathan Nieder
2014-12-03  5:19           ` [PATCH 06/14] lockfile: introduce flag for locks outside .git Jonathan Nieder
2014-12-03 23:13             ` Junio C Hamano
2014-12-03 23:24               ` Jonathan Nieder
2014-12-03 23:25               ` Junio C Hamano
2014-12-03 23:29                 ` Jonathan Nieder
2014-12-03 23:38                   ` Junio C Hamano
2014-12-03 23:41                     ` Jonathan Nieder
2014-12-03 23:43                     ` Junio C Hamano
2014-12-03 23:57                   ` Jeff King
2014-12-04  5:51                   ` Junio C Hamano
2014-12-04 17:56                     ` Jonathan Nieder
2014-12-03  5:19           ` [PATCH 07/14] fast-import: use message from lockfile API when writing marks fails Jonathan Nieder
2014-12-03  5:20           ` [PATCH 08/14] credentials: use message from lockfile API when locking ~/.git-credentials fails Jonathan Nieder
2014-12-03  5:21           ` [PATCH 09/14] config: use message from lockfile API when locking config file fails Jonathan Nieder
2014-12-03 19:59             ` Junio C Hamano
2014-12-03 20:16               ` Jonathan Nieder
2014-12-03  5:22           ` [PATCH 10/14] rerere: error out on autoupdate failure Jonathan Nieder
2014-12-03  5:25           ` [PATCH 11/14] hold_locked_index: pass error message back through a strbuf Jonathan Nieder
2014-12-03  5:26           ` [PATCH 12/14] hold_lock_file_for_update: " Jonathan Nieder
2014-12-03 18:53             ` Jonathan Nieder
2014-12-03  5:26           ` [PATCH 13/14] lockfile: remove unused function 'unable_to_lock_die' Jonathan Nieder
2014-12-03  5:27           ` [PATCH 14/14] lockfile: make 'unable_to_lock_message' private Jonathan Nieder
2014-12-03 20:42             ` Stefan Beller
2014-11-18 16:32   ` [PATCH] copy.c: make copy_fd preserve meaningful errno Junio C Hamano
2014-11-18 17:08     ` Junio C Hamano
2014-11-21  9:14 ` Michael Haggerty
2014-11-21  9:17   ` Michael Haggerty
2014-11-21 17:48     ` Junio C Hamano
2014-11-21 17:54       ` Jeff King
2014-11-21 18:31         ` Junio C Hamano

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