Re: [PATCH v2] Add an option not to use link(src, dest) && unlink(src) when that is unreliable
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:46:39
Possibly related (same subject, not in this thread)
- 2016-06-15 · Re: [PATCH v2] Add an option not to use link(src, dest) && unlink(src) when that is unreliable · Johannes Schindelin <hidden>
- 2016-06-15 · [PATCH v2] Add an option not to use link(src, dest) && unlink(src) when that is unreliable · Johannes Schindelin <hidden>
- 2016-06-15 · Re: [PATCH v2] Add an option not to use link(src, dest) && unlink(src) when that is unreliable · Junio C Hamano <hidden>
- 2016-06-15 · Re: [PATCH v2] Add an option not to use link(src, dest) && unlink(src) when that is unreliable · Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
On Sat, 25 Apr 2009, Junio C Hamano wrote:
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
@@ -2225,7 +2225,9 @@ int move_temp_to_file(const char *tmpfile, const char *filename) { int ret = 0; - if (link(tmpfile, filename)) + if (unreliable_hardlinks) + goto try_rename;
Much better. Linus