[PATCH v4 12/16] index-helper: kill mode

@@ -395,6 +395,8 @@ static void loop(int fd, int idle_in_seconds)
 					 * alive, nothing to do.
 					 */
 				}
+			} else if (!strcmp(command.buf, "die")) {
+				break;
 			} else {
 				warning("BUG: Bogus command %s", command.buf);
 			}

@@ -425,10 +427,29 @@ static const char * const usage_text[] = {
 	NULL
 };
 
+static void request_kill(void)
+{
+	int fd = connect_to_index_helper();
+
+	if (fd >= 0) {
+		write_in_full(fd, "die", 4);
+		close(fd);
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * The child will try to do this anyway, but we want to be
+	 * ready to launch a new daemon immediately after this command
+	 * returns.
+	 */
+
+	unlink(git_path("index-helper.path"));
+	return;
+}
+
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
 	const char *prefix;
-	int idle_in_seconds = 600, detach = 0;
+	int idle_in_seconds = 600, detach = 0, kill = 0;
 	int fd;
 	struct strbuf socket_path = STRBUF_INIT;
 	struct option options[] = {

@@ -437,6 +458,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		OPT_BOOL(0, "strict", &to_verify,
 			 "verify shared memory after creating"),
 		OPT_BOOL(0, "detach", &detach, "detach the process"),
+		OPT_BOOL(0, "kill", &kill, "request that existing index helper processes exit"),
 		OPT_END()
 	};
 

@@ -451,6 +473,13 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 			  options, usage_text, 0))
 		die(_("too many arguments"));
 
+	if (kill) {
+		if (detach)
+			die(_("--kill doesn't want any other options"));
+		request_kill();
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	atexit(cleanup);
 	sigchain_push_common(cleanup_on_signal);
 

@@ -20,4 +20,16 @@ test_expect_success 'index-helper smoke test' '
 	test_path_is_missing .git/index-helper.path
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'index-helper creates usable path file and can be killed' '
+	test_when_finished "git index-helper --kill" &&
+	test_path_is_missing .git/index-helper.path &&
+	git index-helper --detach &&
+	test -L .git/index-helper.path &&
+	dir="$(readlink .git/index-helper.path)" &&
+	test -S "$dir/s" &&
+	ls -ld "$dir" | grep ^drwx...--- &&
+	git index-helper --kill &&
+	test_path_is_missing .git/index-helper.path
+'
+
 test_done