From: Phillip Wood <phillip.wood123@gmail.com>
To: Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com>
Cc: christian.couder@gmail.com, git@vger.kernel.org,
gitster@pobox.com, ps@pks.im
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 1/7] refs: accept symref values in `ref_transaction[_add]_update`
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2024 14:38:55 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <73632d75-b82d-4853-93fe-3460fdda3325@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20240426152449.228860-2-knayak@gitlab.com>
Hi Karthik
On 26/04/2024 16:24, Karthik Nayak wrote:
> From: Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com>
>
> The `ref_transaction[_add]_update` functions obtain ref information and
> flags to create a `ref_update` and add it to the transaction at hand.
>
> To extend symref support in transactions, we need to also accept the
> old and new ref targets and process it.
s/it/them/
> In this commit, let's add the
This commit adds?
> required parameters to the function and modify all call sites.
>
> The two parameters added are `new_target` and `old_target`. The
> `new_target` is used to denote what the reference should point to when
> the transaction is applied.
>
> The `old_target` denotes the value the reference must have before the
> update. Some functions allow this parameter to be NULL, meaning that the
> old value of the reference is not checked.
>
> The handling logic of these parameters will be added in consequent
> commits as we add symref commands to the '--stdin' mode of
> 'git-update-ref'.
>
> Signed-off-by: Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com>
Thanks for updating the documentation, I've left a couple of comments below
> diff --git a/refs.h b/refs.h
> index d278775e08..c792e13a64 100644
> --- a/refs.h
> +++ b/refs.h
> @@ -648,6 +648,15 @@ struct ref_transaction *ref_transaction_begin(struct strbuf *err);
> * before the update. A copy of this value is made in the
> * transaction.
> *
> + * new_target -- the target reference that the reference will be
> + * update to point to.
s/update/updated/
> This takes precedence over new_oid when set.
I thought it was a bug to set both new_oid and new_target.
> If the reference is a regular reference, it will be
> + * converted to a symbolic reference.
> + *
> + * old_target -- the reference that the reference must be pointing to.
> + * Will only be taken into account when the reference is a symbolic
> + * reference.
Does this last sentence mean it is not possible to assert that it is
currently a symbolic reference? I thought the point of being able to
specify the old value of a ref when updating was to ensure it hadn't
changed since it was read. This contradicts the documentation in the
next hunk and the description in the commit message.
> * flags -- flags affecting the update, passed to
> * update_ref_lock(). Possible flags: REF_NO_DEREF,
> * REF_FORCE_CREATE_REFLOG. See those constants for more
> @@ -713,7 +722,11 @@ struct ref_transaction *ref_transaction_begin(struct strbuf *err);
> * beforehand. The old value is checked after the lock is taken to
> * prevent races. If the old value doesn't agree with old_oid, the
> * whole transaction fails. If old_oid is NULL, then the previous
> - * value is not checked.
> + * value is not checked. If `old_target` is not NULL, treat the reference
> + * as a symbolic ref and validate that its target before the update is
> + * `old_target`. If the `new_target` is not NULL, then the reference
> + * will be updated to a symbolic ref which targets `new_target`.
This looks good and describes the behavior I'd expected to see.
Best Wishes
Phillip
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-04-29 13:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 194+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-03-30 22:46 [PATCH 0/8] update-ref: add support for update-symref option Karthik Nayak
2024-03-30 22:46 ` [PATCH 1/8] files-backend: extract out `create_symref_lock` Karthik Nayak
2024-04-02 12:20 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-04-03 14:52 ` Karthik Nayak
2024-03-30 22:46 ` [PATCH 2/8] reftable-backend: extract out `write_symref_with_log` Karthik Nayak
2024-04-02 12:20 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-03-30 22:46 ` [PATCH 3/8] reftable-backend: move `write_symref_with_log` up Karthik Nayak
2024-03-30 22:46 ` [PATCH 4/8] refs: accept symref in `ref_transaction_add_update` Karthik Nayak
2024-03-30 22:46 ` [PATCH 5/8] refs/files-backend: add support for symref updates Karthik Nayak
2024-04-02 12:20 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-03-30 22:46 ` [PATCH 6/8] refs/reftable-backend: " Karthik Nayak
2024-04-02 12:20 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-03-30 22:46 ` [PATCH 7/8] refs: add 'update-symref' command to 'update-ref' Karthik Nayak
2024-03-31 22:08 ` Junio C Hamano
2024-03-31 22:27 ` Chris Torek
2024-03-31 23:14 ` Junio C Hamano
2024-04-01 1:31 ` Junio C Hamano
2024-04-02 12:20 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-04-02 16:40 ` Junio C Hamano
2024-04-09 11:55 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-04-09 16:15 ` Karthik Nayak
2024-04-10 4:20 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-04-10 16:06 ` Junio C Hamano
2024-04-10 17:31 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-04-01 10:38 ` Karthik Nayak
2024-04-01 11:48 ` Karthik Nayak
2024-04-01 16:17 ` Junio C Hamano
2024-04-01 20:40 ` Junio C Hamano
2024-04-01 22:37 ` Karthik Nayak
2024-03-30 22:46 ` [PATCH 8/8] refs: support symrefs in 'reference-transaction' hook Karthik Nayak
2024-04-02 12:20 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-04-12 9:59 ` [PATCH v2 0/7] update-ref: add symref oriented commands Karthik Nayak
2024-04-12 9:59 ` [PATCH v2 1/7] refs: accept symref values in `ref_transaction[_add]_update` Karthik Nayak
2024-04-18 14:25 ` Christian Couder
2024-04-19 10:28 ` Karthik Nayak
2024-04-18 15:08 ` Phillip Wood
2024-04-19 9:40 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-04-19 15:47 ` Karthik Nayak
2024-05-04 15:15 ` phillip.wood123
2024-04-19 9:40 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-04-19 18:09 ` Karthik Nayak
2024-04-23 6:31 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-04-23 10:48 ` Karthik Nayak
2024-04-12 9:59 ` [PATCH v2 2/7] update-ref: add support for symref-verify Karthik Nayak
2024-04-18 14:26 ` Christian Couder
2024-04-19 21:21 ` Karthik Nayak
2024-04-19 9:40 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-04-19 21:53 ` Karthik Nayak
2024-04-12 9:59 ` [PATCH v2 3/7] update-ref: add support for symref-delete Karthik Nayak
2024-04-18 14:52 ` Christian Couder
2024-04-21 10:43 ` Karthik Nayak
2024-04-19 9:40 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-04-21 10:45 ` Karthik Nayak
2024-04-12 9:59 ` [PATCH v2 4/7] files-backend: extract out `create_symref_lock` Karthik Nayak
2024-04-12 9:59 ` [PATCH v2 5/7] update-ref: add support for symref-create Karthik Nayak
2024-04-19 9:40 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-04-19 15:48 ` Junio C Hamano
2024-04-21 12:50 ` Karthik Nayak
2024-04-21 15:57 ` Karthik Nayak
2024-04-23 6:39 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-04-23 10:52 ` Karthik Nayak
2024-04-12 9:59 ` [PATCH v2 6/7] update-ref: add support for symref-update Karthik Nayak
2024-04-19 9:40 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-04-21 19:00 ` Karthik Nayak
2024-04-23 6:49 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-04-23 11:30 ` Karthik Nayak
2024-04-12 9:59 ` [PATCH v2 7/7] refs: support symrefs in 'reference-transaction' hook Karthik Nayak
2024-04-12 18:01 ` [PATCH v2 0/7] update-ref: add symref oriented commands Junio C Hamano
2024-04-12 18:49 ` Karthik Nayak
2024-04-18 15:05 ` Christian Couder
2024-04-21 19:06 ` Karthik Nayak
2024-04-20 6:16 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-04-21 19:11 ` Karthik Nayak
2024-04-23 21:28 ` [PATCH v3 0/8] refs: add symref support to 'git-update-ref' Karthik Nayak
2024-04-23 21:28 ` [PATCH v3 1/8] refs: accept symref values in `ref_transaction[_add]_update` Karthik Nayak
2024-04-23 21:28 ` [PATCH v3 2/8] update-ref: support parsing ref targets in `parse_next_oid` Karthik Nayak
2024-04-23 21:28 ` [PATCH v3 3/8] files-backend: extract out `create_symref_lock` Karthik Nayak
2024-04-23 21:28 ` [PATCH v3 4/8] update-ref: support symrefs in the verify command Karthik Nayak
2024-04-23 21:28 ` [PATCH v3 5/8] update-ref: support symrefs in the delete command Karthik Nayak
2024-04-23 21:28 ` [PATCH v3 6/8] update-ref: support symrefs in the create command Karthik Nayak
2024-04-23 21:28 ` [PATCH v3 7/8] update-ref: support symrefs in the update command Karthik Nayak
2024-04-23 21:28 ` [PATCH v3 8/8] ref: support symrefs in 'reference-transaction' hook Karthik Nayak
2024-04-23 22:03 ` [PATCH v3 0/8] refs: add symref support to 'git-update-ref' Jeff King
2024-04-24 1:17 ` Junio C Hamano
2024-04-24 16:25 ` Karthik Nayak
2024-04-25 6:40 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-04-25 21:12 ` Karthik Nayak
2024-04-25 18:01 ` Junio C Hamano
2024-04-25 21:14 ` Karthik Nayak
2024-04-25 21:55 ` Junio C Hamano
2024-04-26 12:48 ` Karthik Nayak
2024-04-26 20:41 ` Jeff King
2024-04-25 17:09 ` Junio C Hamano
2024-04-25 21:07 ` Karthik Nayak
2024-04-26 15:24 ` [PATCH v4 0/7] add symref-* commands to 'git-update-ref --stdin' Karthik Nayak
2024-04-26 15:24 ` [PATCH v4 1/7] refs: accept symref values in `ref_transaction[_add]_update` Karthik Nayak
2024-04-26 19:31 ` Junio C Hamano
2024-04-26 21:15 ` Jeff King
2024-04-29 7:02 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-04-29 7:55 ` Jeff King
2024-04-29 9:29 ` phillip.wood123
2024-04-29 9:32 ` phillip.wood123
2024-04-29 16:18 ` Junio C Hamano
2024-04-30 10:33 ` Jeff King
2024-04-30 10:30 ` Jeff King
2024-04-28 19:36 ` Karthik Nayak
2024-04-29 13:38 ` Phillip Wood [this message]
2024-04-29 14:01 ` Karthik Nayak
2024-04-26 15:24 ` [PATCH v4 2/7] files-backend: extract out `create_symref_lock` Karthik Nayak
2024-04-26 21:39 ` Junio C Hamano
2024-04-28 19:57 ` Karthik Nayak
2024-04-26 15:24 ` [PATCH v4 3/7] update-ref: add support for 'symref-verify' command Karthik Nayak
2024-04-26 22:51 ` Junio C Hamano
2024-04-28 22:28 ` Karthik Nayak
2024-04-26 15:24 ` [PATCH v4 4/7] update-ref: add support for 'symref-delete' command Karthik Nayak
2024-04-26 15:24 ` [PATCH v4 5/7] update-ref: add support for 'symref-create' command Karthik Nayak
2024-04-26 15:24 ` [PATCH v4 6/7] update-ref: add support for 'symref-update' command Karthik Nayak
2024-04-26 15:24 ` [PATCH v4 7/7] ref: support symrefs in 'reference-transaction' hook Karthik Nayak
2024-04-30 10:14 ` [PATCH v4 0/7] add symref-* commands to 'git-update-ref --stdin' Karthik Nayak
2024-05-01 20:22 ` [PATCH v5 0/7] refs: add support for transactional symref updates Karthik Nayak
2024-05-01 20:22 ` [PATCH v5 1/7] refs: accept symref values in `ref_transaction_update()` Karthik Nayak
2024-05-01 20:22 ` [PATCH v5 2/7] files-backend: extract out `create_symref_lock()` Karthik Nayak
2024-05-01 22:06 ` Junio C Hamano
2024-05-02 7:47 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-02 11:05 ` Karthik Nayak
2024-05-02 16:49 ` Junio C Hamano
2024-05-01 20:22 ` [PATCH v5 3/7] refs: support symrefs in 'reference-transaction' hook Karthik Nayak
2024-05-01 23:05 ` Junio C Hamano
2024-05-02 5:32 ` Karthik Nayak
2024-05-01 20:22 ` [PATCH v5 4/7] refs: add support for transactional symref updates Karthik Nayak
2024-05-01 23:52 ` Junio C Hamano
2024-05-02 5:50 ` Karthik Nayak
2024-05-02 7:47 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-02 11:10 ` Karthik Nayak
2024-05-02 16:51 ` Junio C Hamano
2024-05-02 16:00 ` Junio C Hamano
2024-05-02 17:53 ` Junio C Hamano
2024-05-01 20:22 ` [PATCH v5 5/7] refs: use transaction in `refs_create_symref()` Karthik Nayak
2024-05-02 7:47 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-01 20:22 ` [PATCH v5 6/7] refs: rename `refs_create_symref()` to `refs_update_symref()` Karthik Nayak
2024-05-02 7:47 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-02 11:34 ` Karthik Nayak
2024-05-01 20:22 ` [PATCH v5 7/7] refs: remove `create_symref` and associated dead code Karthik Nayak
2024-05-02 7:47 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-02 16:53 ` Junio C Hamano
2024-05-02 0:20 ` [PATCH v5 0/7] refs: add support for transactional symref updates Junio C Hamano
2024-05-02 5:53 ` Karthik Nayak
2024-05-03 12:41 ` [PATCH v6 " Karthik Nayak
2024-05-03 12:41 ` [PATCH v6 1/7] refs: accept symref values in `ref_transaction_update()` Karthik Nayak
2024-05-04 15:18 ` Phillip Wood
2024-05-05 15:10 ` Karthik Nayak
2024-05-05 15:19 ` phillip.wood123
2024-05-03 12:41 ` [PATCH v6 2/7] files-backend: extract out `create_symref_lock()` Karthik Nayak
2024-05-03 12:41 ` [PATCH v6 3/7] refs: support symrefs in 'reference-transaction' hook Karthik Nayak
2024-05-03 12:41 ` [PATCH v6 4/7] refs: add support for transactional symref updates Karthik Nayak
2024-05-05 14:09 ` Phillip Wood
2024-05-05 16:09 ` Karthik Nayak
2024-05-06 9:35 ` Phillip Wood
2024-05-06 11:19 ` Karthik Nayak
2024-05-06 13:19 ` Phillip Wood
2024-05-06 9:54 ` Phillip Wood
2024-05-06 11:22 ` Karthik Nayak
2024-05-06 13:17 ` Phillip Wood
2024-05-03 12:41 ` [PATCH v6 5/7] refs: use transaction in `refs_create_symref()` Karthik Nayak
2024-05-03 12:41 ` [PATCH v6 6/7] refs: rename `refs_create_symref()` to `refs_update_symref()` Karthik Nayak
2024-05-03 12:41 ` [PATCH v6 7/7] refs: remove `create_symref` and associated dead code Karthik Nayak
2024-05-03 23:09 ` Junio C Hamano
2024-05-04 9:30 ` Karthik Nayak
2024-05-03 16:45 ` [PATCH v6 0/7] refs: add support for transactional symref updates Junio C Hamano
2024-05-06 7:36 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-05-07 6:00 ` [PATCH v7 0/8] " Karthik Nayak
2024-05-07 6:00 ` [PATCH v7 1/8] refs: accept symref values in `ref_transaction_update()` Karthik Nayak
2024-05-07 6:00 ` [PATCH v7 2/8] files-backend: extract out `create_symref_lock()` Karthik Nayak
2024-05-07 6:00 ` [PATCH v7 3/8] refs: support symrefs in 'reference-transaction' hook Karthik Nayak
2024-05-07 6:00 ` [PATCH v7 4/8] refs: move `original_update_refname` to 'refs.c' Karthik Nayak
2024-05-07 6:00 ` [PATCH v7 5/8] refs: add support for transactional symref updates Karthik Nayak
2024-05-07 6:00 ` [PATCH v7 6/8] refs: use transaction in `refs_create_symref()` Karthik Nayak
2024-05-07 6:00 ` [PATCH v7 7/8] refs: rename `refs_create_symref()` to `refs_update_symref()` Karthik Nayak
2024-05-07 6:00 ` [PATCH v7 8/8] refs: remove `create_symref` and associated dead code Karthik Nayak
2024-05-07 6:25 ` [PATCH v7 0/8] refs: add support for transactional symref updates Junio C Hamano
2024-05-07 6:31 ` Junio C Hamano
2024-05-07 12:58 ` [PATCH v8 " Karthik Nayak
2024-05-07 12:58 ` [PATCH v8 1/8] refs: accept symref values in `ref_transaction_update()` Karthik Nayak
2024-05-07 12:58 ` [PATCH v8 2/8] files-backend: extract out `create_symref_lock()` Karthik Nayak
2024-05-07 12:58 ` [PATCH v8 3/8] refs: support symrefs in 'reference-transaction' hook Karthik Nayak
2024-05-07 12:58 ` [PATCH v8 4/8] refs: move `original_update_refname` to 'refs.c' Karthik Nayak
2024-05-07 12:58 ` [PATCH v8 5/8] refs: add support for transactional symref updates Karthik Nayak
2024-05-07 12:58 ` [PATCH v8 6/8] refs: use transaction in `refs_create_symref()` Karthik Nayak
2024-05-07 12:58 ` [PATCH v8 7/8] refs: rename `refs_create_symref()` to `refs_update_symref()` Karthik Nayak
2024-05-07 12:58 ` [PATCH v8 8/8] refs: remove `create_symref` and associated dead code Karthik Nayak
2024-05-07 15:50 ` [PATCH v8 0/8] refs: add support for transactional symref updates phillip.wood123
2024-05-07 16:32 ` Junio C Hamano
2024-05-12 17:17 ` Karthik Nayak
2024-05-13 17:15 ` Junio C Hamano
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