From: "Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>
To: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Cc: "Junio C Hamano" <gitster@pobox.com>,
"Jonathan Nieder" <jrnieder@gmail.com>,
"Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy" <pclouds@gmail.com>,
"Stefan Beller" <sbeller@google.com>, "Jeff King" <peff@peff.net>,
"David Turner" <novalis@novalis.org>,
"Brandon Williams" <bmwill@google.com>,
git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] packed_ref_store: handle a packed-refs file that is a symlink
Date: Mon, 31 May 2021 16:18:46 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87y2bv0yvl.fsf@evledraar.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <d0da02a8b6f0272fa70ae3b1dc80fee6c6ee8d18.1501111803.git.mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
On Wed, Jul 26 2017, Michael Haggerty wrote:
> [...]
> +test_expect_success 'pack symlinked packed-refs' '
> + # First make sure that symlinking works when reading:
> + git update-ref refs/heads/loosy refs/heads/master &&
> + git for-each-ref >all-refs-before &&
> + mv .git/packed-refs .git/my-deviant-packed-refs &&
> + ln -s my-deviant-packed-refs .git/packed-refs &&
> + git for-each-ref >all-refs-linked &&
> + test_cmp all-refs-before all-refs-linked &&
> + git pack-refs --all --prune &&
> + git for-each-ref >all-refs-packed &&
> + test_cmp all-refs-before all-refs-packed &&
> + test -h .git/packed-refs &&
> + test "$(readlink .git/packed-refs)" = "my-deviant-packed-refs"
> +'
FWIW this broke tests on AIX because we can't assume readlink(1) exists
at all. See d2addc3b96 (t7800: readlink may not be available,
2016-05-31) for a workaround.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-05-31 15:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 52+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-07-01 18:30 [PATCH v3 00/30] Create a reference backend for packed refs Michael Haggerty
2017-07-01 18:30 ` [PATCH v3 01/30] t1408: add a test of stale packed refs covered by loose refs Michael Haggerty
2017-07-01 18:30 ` [PATCH v3 02/30] add_packed_ref(): teach function to overwrite existing refs Michael Haggerty
2017-07-01 18:30 ` [PATCH v3 03/30] packed_ref_store: new struct Michael Haggerty
2017-07-01 18:30 ` [PATCH v3 04/30] packed_ref_store: move `packed_refs_path` here Michael Haggerty
2017-07-01 18:30 ` [PATCH v3 05/30] packed_ref_store: move `packed_refs_lock` member here Michael Haggerty
2017-07-01 18:30 ` [PATCH v3 06/30] clear_packed_ref_cache(): take a `packed_ref_store *` parameter Michael Haggerty
2017-07-01 18:30 ` [PATCH v3 07/30] validate_packed_ref_cache(): " Michael Haggerty
2017-07-01 18:30 ` [PATCH v3 08/30] get_packed_ref_cache(): " Michael Haggerty
2017-07-01 18:30 ` [PATCH v3 09/30] get_packed_refs(): " Michael Haggerty
2017-07-01 18:30 ` [PATCH v3 10/30] add_packed_ref(): " Michael Haggerty
2017-07-01 18:30 ` [PATCH v3 11/30] lock_packed_refs(): " Michael Haggerty
2017-07-01 18:30 ` [PATCH v3 12/30] commit_packed_refs(): " Michael Haggerty
2017-07-01 18:30 ` [PATCH v3 13/30] rollback_packed_refs(): " Michael Haggerty
2017-07-01 18:30 ` [PATCH v3 14/30] get_packed_ref(): " Michael Haggerty
2017-07-01 18:30 ` [PATCH v3 15/30] repack_without_refs(): " Michael Haggerty
2017-07-01 18:30 ` [PATCH v3 16/30] packed_peel_ref(): new function, extracted from `files_peel_ref()` Michael Haggerty
2017-07-01 18:30 ` [PATCH v3 17/30] packed_ref_store: support iteration Michael Haggerty
2017-07-01 18:30 ` [PATCH v3 18/30] packed_read_raw_ref(): new function, replacing `resolve_packed_ref()` Michael Haggerty
2017-07-01 18:30 ` [PATCH v3 19/30] packed-backend: new module for handling packed references Michael Haggerty
2017-07-01 18:30 ` [PATCH v3 20/30] packed_ref_store: make class into a subclass of `ref_store` Michael Haggerty
2017-07-01 18:30 ` [PATCH v3 21/30] commit_packed_refs(): report errors rather than dying Michael Haggerty
2017-07-01 18:31 ` [PATCH v3 22/30] commit_packed_refs(): use a staging file separate from the lockfile Michael Haggerty
2017-07-01 18:31 ` [PATCH v3 23/30] packed_refs_lock(): function renamed from lock_packed_refs() Michael Haggerty
2017-07-01 18:31 ` [PATCH v3 24/30] packed_refs_lock(): report errors via a `struct strbuf *err` Michael Haggerty
2017-07-01 18:31 ` [PATCH v3 25/30] packed_refs_unlock(), packed_refs_is_locked(): new functions Michael Haggerty
2017-07-01 18:31 ` [PATCH v3 26/30] clear_packed_ref_cache(): don't protest if the lock is held Michael Haggerty
2017-07-01 18:31 ` [PATCH v3 27/30] commit_packed_refs(): remove call to `packed_refs_unlock()` Michael Haggerty
2017-07-01 18:31 ` [PATCH v3 28/30] repack_without_refs(): don't lock or unlock the packed refs Michael Haggerty
2017-07-01 18:31 ` [PATCH v3 29/30] t3210: add some tests of bogus packed-refs file contents Michael Haggerty
2017-07-01 18:31 ` [PATCH v3 30/30] read_packed_refs(): die if `packed-refs` contains bogus data Michael Haggerty
2017-07-05 9:12 ` [PATCH v3 00/30] Create a reference backend for packed refs Jeff King
2017-07-20 23:05 ` Stefan Beller
2017-07-20 23:20 ` Jonathan Nieder
2017-07-26 23:39 ` [PATCH] packed_ref_store: handle a packed-refs file that is a symlink Michael Haggerty
2017-07-27 0:15 ` Stefan Beller
2017-07-27 0:18 ` Jonathan Nieder
2017-07-27 11:12 ` Michael Haggerty
2017-07-27 17:19 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-07-27 18:28 ` Jeff King
2017-07-27 19:40 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-07-28 6:07 ` Michael Haggerty
2021-05-31 14:18 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason [this message]
2021-06-03 19:39 ` Jeff King
2021-06-03 19:58 ` [PATCH] t: use portable wrapper for readlink(1) Jeff King
2021-06-04 21:09 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-06-03 20:23 ` [PATCH] packed_ref_store: handle a packed-refs file that is a symlink Felipe Contreras
2021-06-03 21:08 ` Jeff King
2021-06-03 22:25 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-06-04 21:37 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-06-05 1:07 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-06-04 21:12 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
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