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authorMichael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>2014-10-01 12:28:39 +0200
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2014-10-01 13:53:54 -0700
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get_locked_file_path(): new function
Add a function to return the path of the file that is locked by a lock_file object. This reduces the knowledge that callers have to have about the lock_file layout. Suggested-by: Ronnie Sahlberg <sahlberg@google.com> Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@@ -143,6 +143,11 @@ hold_lock_file_for_append::
the existing contents of the file (if any) to the lockfile and
position its write pointer at the end of the file.
+get_locked_file_path::
+
+ Return the path of the file that is locked by the specified
+ lock_file object. The caller must free the memory.
+
commit_lock_file::
Take a pointer to the `struct lock_file` initialized with an