Re: [PATCH v4] Allow update hooks to update refs on their own.

Hi,

On Sun, 2 Dec 2007, Shawn O. Pearce wrote:

Steven Grimm [off-list ref] wrote:

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This is useful in cases where a hook needs to modify an incoming commit
in some way, e.g., fixing whitespace errors, adding an annotation to
the commit message, noting the location of output from a profiling tool,
or committing to an svn repository using git-svn.

...

quoted

+/* Update hook exit code: hook has updated ref on its own */
+#define EXIT_CODE_REF_UPDATED 100

Hmm.  I would actually rather move the ref locking to before we run
the update hook, so the ref is locked *while* the hook executes.

Would that not mean that you cannot use update-ref to update the ref, 
since that wants to use the same lock?

Ciao,
Dscho