Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] refs: add a new function set_worktree_head_symref

On Thu, Apr 07, 2016 at 05:20:10PM -0400, Eric Sunshine wrote:

On Sun, Mar 27, 2016 at 10:37 AM, Kazuki Yamaguchi [off-list ref] wrote:

quoted

Add a new function set_worktree_head_symref, to update HEAD symref for
the specified worktree.

To update HEAD of a linked working tree,
create_symref("worktrees/$work_tree/HEAD", "refs/heads/$branch", msg)
could be used. However when it comes to updating HEAD of the main
working tree, it is unusable because it uses $GIT_DIR for
worktree-specific symrefs (HEAD).

The new function takes git_dir (real directory) as an argument, and
updates HEAD of the working tree. This function will be used when
renaming a branch.

Signed-off-by: Kazuki Yamaguchi <redacted>
---

diff --git a/refs/files-backend.c b/refs/files-backend.c

@@ -2894,6 +2894,41 @@ int create_symref(const char *refname, const char *target, const char *logmsg)
+int set_worktree_head_symref(const char *gitdir, const char *target)
+{
+       static struct lock_file head_lock;
+       struct ref_lock *lock;
+       struct strbuf err = STRBUF_INIT;
+       struct strbuf head_path = STRBUF_INIT;
+       const char *head_rel;
+       int ret;
+
+       strbuf_addf(&head_path, "%s/HEAD", absolute_path(gitdir));
+       if (hold_lock_file_for_update(&head_lock, head_path.buf,
+                                     LOCK_NO_DEREF) < 0) {
+               error("%s", err.buf);

'err' has not been populated at this point, so I suspect that this
error message is likely to be rather uninformative.

Yes, unable_to_lock_message() is missing. Thank you for pointing it out.

quoted

+               strbuf_release(&err);
+               strbuf_release(&head_path);
+               return -1;
+       }
+
+       /* head_rel will be "HEAD" for the main tree, "worktrees/wt/HEAD" for
+          linked trees */
+       head_rel = remove_leading_path(head_path.buf,
+                                      absolute_path(get_git_common_dir()));
+       /* to make use of create_symref_locked(), initialize ref_lock */
+       lock = xcalloc(1, sizeof(struct ref_lock));
+       lock->lk = &head_lock;
+       lock->ref_name = xstrdup(head_rel);
+       lock->orig_ref_name = xstrdup(head_rel);
+
+       ret = create_symref_locked(lock, head_rel, target, NULL);
+
+       unlock_ref(lock); /* will free lock */
+       strbuf_release(&head_path);
+       return ret;
+}
+