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| -rw-r--r-- | cache.h | 16 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
@@ -601,9 +601,25 @@ extern int do_read_index(struct index_state *istate, const char *path, extern int read_index_from(struct index_state *, const char *path); extern int is_index_unborn(struct index_state *); extern int read_index_unmerged(struct index_state *); + +/* For use with `write_locked_index()`. */ #define COMMIT_LOCK (1 << 0) #define CLOSE_LOCK (1 << 1) + +/* + * Write the index while holding an already-taken lock. The flags may + * contain at most one of `COMMIT_LOCK` and `CLOSE_LOCK`. + * + * Unless a split index is in use, write the index into the lockfile. + * + * With a split index, write the shared index to a temporary file, + * adjust its permissions and rename it into place, then write the + * split index to the lockfile. If the temporary file for the shared + * index cannot be created, fall back to the behavior described in + * the previous paragraph. + */ extern int write_locked_index(struct index_state *, struct lock_file *lock, unsigned flags); + extern int discard_index(struct index_state *); extern void move_index_extensions(struct index_state *dst, struct index_state *src); extern int unmerged_index(const struct index_state *); |