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authorNicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org>2006-11-01 17:06:25 -0500
committerJunio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>2006-11-03 00:24:07 -0800
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remove .keep pack lock files when done with refs update
This makes both git-fetch and git-push (fetch-pack and receive-pack) safe against a possible race with aparallel git-repack -a -d that could prune the new pack while it is not yet referenced, and remove the .keep file after refs have been updated. Signed-off-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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@@ -69,6 +69,17 @@ OPTIONS
locate any which have outlived their usefulness.
+Note
+----
+
+Once the index has been created, the list of object names is sorted
+and the SHA1 hash of that list is printed to stdout. If --stdin was
+also used then this is prefixed by either "pack\t", or "keep\t" if a
+new .keep file was successfully created. This is useful to remove a
+.keep file used as a lock to prevent the race with gitlink:git-repack[1]
+mentioned above.
+
+
Author
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Written by Sergey Vlasov <vsu@altlinux.ru>