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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox•com>
To: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum•mit.edu>
Cc: Stefan Beller <sbeller@google•com>, Jeff King <peff@peff•net>,
	git@vger•kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 19/19] delete_ref(): use the usual convention for old_sha1
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2015 14:10:08 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqpp4nfo0f.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <29ca4c18c045147c5260eb699dad31d0e4036e8b.1434980615.git.mhagger@alum.mit.edu> (Michael Haggerty's message of "Mon, 22 Jun 2015 16:03:10 +0200")

Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum•mit.edu> writes:

> The ref_transaction_update() family of functions use the following
> convention for their old_sha1 parameters:
>
> * old_sha1 == NULL: Don't check the old value at all.
> * is_null_sha1(old_sha1): Ensure that the reference didn't exist
>   before the transaction.
> * otherwise: Ensure that the reference had the specified value before
>   the transaction.
>
> delete_ref() had a different convention, namely treating
> is_null_sha1(old_sha1) as "don't care". Change it to adhere to the
> standard convention to reduce the scope for confusion.
>
> Please note that it is now a bug to pass old_sha1=NULL_SHA1 to
> delete_ref() (because it doesn't make sense to delete a reference that
> you already know doesn't exist). This is consistent with the behavior
> of ref_transaction_delete().

Nice.

Everything I read in this round of changes makes sense (except for
the ones I had minor comments on, which were separately sent).

Thanks.

      reply	other threads:[~2015-06-22 21:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-06-22 14:02 [PATCH v3 00/19] Improve "refs" encapsulation and speed up deletes Michael Haggerty
2015-06-22 14:02 ` [PATCH v3 01/19] delete_ref(): move declaration to refs.h Michael Haggerty
2015-06-22 14:02 ` [PATCH v3 02/19] remove_branches(): remove temporary Michael Haggerty
2015-06-22 14:02 ` [PATCH v3 03/19] delete_ref(): handle special case more explicitly Michael Haggerty
2015-06-22 14:02 ` [PATCH v3 04/19] delete_refs(): new function for the refs API Michael Haggerty
2015-06-22 14:02 ` [PATCH v3 05/19] delete_refs(): make error message more generic Michael Haggerty
2015-06-22 14:02 ` [PATCH v3 06/19] delete_refs(): bail early if the packed-refs file cannot be rewritten Michael Haggerty
2015-06-22 14:02 ` [PATCH v3 07/19] prune_remote(): use delete_refs() Michael Haggerty
2015-06-22 14:02 ` [PATCH v3 08/19] prune_refs(): " Michael Haggerty
2015-06-22 14:03 ` [PATCH v3 09/19] repack_without_refs(): make function private Michael Haggerty
2015-06-22 14:03 ` [PATCH v3 10/19] initial_ref_transaction_commit(): function for initial ref creation Michael Haggerty
2015-06-22 14:03 ` [PATCH v3 11/19] refs: remove some functions from the module's public interface Michael Haggerty
2015-06-22 14:03 ` [PATCH v3 12/19] initial_ref_transaction_commit(): check for duplicate refs Michael Haggerty
2015-06-22 21:06   ` Junio C Hamano
2015-06-23  7:11     ` Michael Haggerty
2015-06-23 17:44       ` Junio C Hamano
2015-06-22 14:03 ` [PATCH v3 13/19] initial_ref_transaction_commit(): check for ref D/F conflicts Michael Haggerty
2015-06-22 14:03 ` [PATCH v3 14/19] refs: move the remaining ref module declarations to refs.h Michael Haggerty
2015-06-22 14:03 ` [PATCH v3 15/19] refs.h: add some parameter names to function declarations Michael Haggerty
2015-06-22 14:03 ` [PATCH v3 16/19] check_branch_commit(): make first parameter const Michael Haggerty
2015-06-22 14:03 ` [PATCH v3 17/19] update_ref(): don't read old reference value before delete Michael Haggerty
2015-06-22 14:03 ` [PATCH v3 18/19] cmd_update_ref(): make logic more straightforward Michael Haggerty
2015-06-22 14:03 ` [PATCH v3 19/19] delete_ref(): use the usual convention for old_sha1 Michael Haggerty
2015-06-22 21:10   ` Junio C Hamano [this message]

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