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From: Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com>
To: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>,
	Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Cc: Git List <git@vger.kernel.org>,
	Derrick Stolee <derrickstolee@github.com>,
	Derrick Stolee <dstolee@microsoft.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 4/4] maintenance: use Windows scheduled tasks
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2020 16:32:13 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <73c902db-40f5-2693-c350-9c04ba2751cf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAPig+cS3YXH=SmTsRTOa5Cdppt9L=MbFRT+LWn9QE7aEqRiDqQ@mail.gmail.com>

On 11/13/2020 3:44 PM, Eric Sunshine wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 13, 2020 at 9:00 AM Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
> <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Git's background maintenance uses cron by default, but this is not
>> available on Windows. Instead, integrate with Task Scheduler.
>> [...]
>> Signed-off-by: Derrick Stolee <dstolee@microsoft.com>
>> ---
>> diff --git a/builtin/gc.c b/builtin/gc.c
>> @@ -1684,6 +1684,190 @@ static int platform_update_schedule(int run_maintenance, int fd)
>> +static int schedule_task(const char *exec_path, enum schedule_priority schedule)
>> +{
>> +       char *xmlpath, *tempDir;
>> +       tempDir = xstrfmt("%s/temp", the_repository->objects->odb->path);
>> +       xmlpath =  xstrfmt("%s/schedule-%s.xml", tempDir, frequency);
> 
> When I wondered aloud in my previous review whether writing these
> throwaway files to a temporary directory would make sense, I was
> thinking more along the lines of /tmp or $TEMP. More specifically, we
> have xmkstemp() in wrapper.c which is good for this sort of thing (or
> one of the other temporary-file-making functions in there). We also
> have a more full-featured temporary-file API in tempfile.h which would
> ensure that these throwaway files actually get thrown away when the
> command finishes.
> 
> This is not necessarily worth a re-roll.
> 
>> +       if (start_command(&child))
>> +               die(_("failed to start schtasks"));
>> +       result = finish_command(&child);
>> +
>> +       unlink(xmlpath);
>> +       rmdir(tempDir);
> 
> Neither xmlpath and tempDir get cleaned up from the filesystem if the
> preceding die() is triggered (which may or may not make sense --
> perhaps you want to keep them around if it helps with the diagnosis of
> the failure). The functions in tempfile.h would ensure the temporary
> file is cleaned up even if the program die()s, or you could manually
> remove the temporary file before die()ing.

While I do like to have access to the data when trying to resolve
an issue, it's probably better to use the tempfile library.

>> diff --git a/t/t7900-maintenance.sh b/t/t7900-maintenance.sh
>> @@ -437,6 +437,33 @@ test_expect_success MACOS_MAINTENANCE 'start and stop macOS maintenance' '
>> +test_expect_success MINGW 'start and stop Windows maintenance' '
>> +       write_script print-args <<-\EOF &&
>> +       echo $* >>args
>> +       EOF
> 
> Using `>>` here makes it harder to reason about the test than using
> `>` would, especially since `>>` seems to be unnecessary in this case.

Since we execute the GIT_TEST_CRONTAB executable multiple times, we
need to use >> to log all three instances (and their order). Using ">args"
would only capture the final call for the weekly schedule.

On macOS, there are as many as six calls (three bootouts, three bootstraps).

>> +       rm -f args &&
>> +       GIT_TEST_CRONTAB="/bin/sh print-args" git maintenance start &&
> 
> Is it a requirement on Windows to mention /bin/sh here? Specifically,
> I'm wondering why a simple ./print-args doesn't work. (It's especially
> unclear since write_script() is used heavily in the test suite and it
> seems to work well enough on Windows without specifying /bin/sh.)

I landed on this after trying several attempts to get this to work,
including "$(pwd)/print-args" and I'm not sure why it doesn't work
in the Windows case. It is something to do with how I am executing
the subcommand from within Git. I'm pretty sure this idea of "mocking"
an executable through Git is relatively new, or at least rare

Thanks,
-Stolee

  reply	other threads:[~2020-11-13 21:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 83+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-11-03 14:03 [PATCH 0/3] Maintenance IV: Platform-specific background maintenance Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-03 14:03 ` [PATCH 1/3] maintenance: extract platform-specific scheduling Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-03 14:03 ` [PATCH 2/3] maintenance: use launchctl on macOS Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-03 18:45   ` Eric Sunshine
2020-11-03 21:21     ` Derrick Stolee
2020-11-03 22:27       ` Eric Sunshine
2020-11-04 13:33         ` Derrick Stolee
2020-11-04 14:17       ` Derrick Stolee
2020-11-03 14:03 ` [PATCH 3/3] maintenance: use Windows scheduled tasks Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-03 19:06   ` Eric Sunshine
2020-11-03 21:23     ` Derrick Stolee
2020-11-03 20:18 ` [PATCH 0/3] Maintenance IV: Platform-specific background maintenance Junio C Hamano
2020-11-03 20:21 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-11-03 21:09   ` Derrick Stolee
2020-11-03 22:30     ` Junio C Hamano
2020-11-04 13:02       ` Derrick Stolee
2020-11-04 17:00         ` Junio C Hamano
2020-11-04 18:43           ` Derrick Stolee
2020-11-04 20:06 ` [PATCH v2 0/4] " Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-04 20:06   ` [PATCH v2 1/4] maintenance: extract platform-specific scheduling Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-04 20:06   ` [PATCH v2 2/4] maintenance: include 'cron' details in docs Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-11  7:10     ` Eric Sunshine
2020-11-04 20:06   ` [PATCH v2 3/4] maintenance: use launchctl on macOS Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-11  8:12     ` Eric Sunshine
2020-11-12 13:42       ` Derrick Stolee
2020-11-12 16:43         ` Eric Sunshine
2020-11-04 20:06   ` [PATCH v2 4/4] maintenance: use Windows scheduled tasks Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-11  8:59     ` Eric Sunshine
2020-11-12 13:56       ` Derrick Stolee
2020-11-13 14:00   ` [PATCH v3 0/4] Maintenance IV: Platform-specific background maintenance Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-13 14:00     ` [PATCH v3 1/4] maintenance: extract platform-specific scheduling Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-13 14:00     ` [PATCH v3 2/4] maintenance: include 'cron' details in docs Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-13 14:00     ` [PATCH v3 3/4] maintenance: use launchctl on macOS Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-13 20:19       ` Eric Sunshine
2020-11-13 20:42         ` Derrick Stolee
2020-11-13 20:53           ` Eric Sunshine
2020-11-13 20:56             ` Eric Sunshine
2020-11-13 14:00     ` [PATCH v3 4/4] maintenance: use Windows scheduled tasks Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-13 20:44       ` Eric Sunshine
2020-11-13 21:32         ` Derrick Stolee [this message]
2020-11-13 21:40           ` Eric Sunshine
2020-11-16 13:13             ` Derrick Stolee
2020-11-13 20:47     ` [PATCH v3 0/4] Maintenance IV: Platform-specific background maintenance Eric Sunshine
2020-11-14  9:23       ` Eric Sunshine
2020-11-16 13:17         ` Derrick Stolee
2020-11-17 21:13     ` [PATCH v4 " Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-17 21:13       ` [PATCH v4 1/4] maintenance: extract platform-specific scheduling Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-17 21:13       ` [PATCH v4 2/4] maintenance: include 'cron' details in docs Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-18  0:34         ` Eric Sunshine
2020-11-18 18:30           ` Derrick Stolee
2020-11-17 21:13       ` [PATCH v4 3/4] maintenance: use launchctl on macOS Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-18  6:45         ` Eric Sunshine
2020-11-18 18:22           ` Derrick Stolee
2020-11-17 21:13       ` [PATCH v4 4/4] maintenance: use Windows scheduled tasks Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-18  7:15         ` Eric Sunshine
2020-11-18 18:30           ` Derrick Stolee
2020-11-18 20:54             ` Eric Sunshine
2020-11-18 21:16               ` Derrick Stolee
2020-11-17 23:36       ` [PATCH v4 0/4] Maintenance IV: Platform-specific background maintenance Eric Sunshine
2020-11-24  2:20         ` Derrick Stolee
2020-11-24  2:59           ` Eric Sunshine
2020-11-17 23:54       ` Eric Sunshine
2020-11-24  4:16       ` [PATCH v5 " Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-24  4:16         ` [PATCH v5 1/4] maintenance: extract platform-specific scheduling Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-24  4:16         ` [PATCH v5 2/4] maintenance: include 'cron' details in docs Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-24  4:16         ` [PATCH v5 3/4] maintenance: use launchctl on macOS Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-24  4:16         ` [PATCH v5 4/4] maintenance: use Windows scheduled tasks Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-27  9:08           ` Eric Sunshine
2020-12-09 19:28         ` [PATCH v6 0/4] Maintenance IV: Platform-specific background maintenance Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-12-09 19:28           ` [PATCH v6 1/4] maintenance: extract platform-specific scheduling Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-12-09 19:29           ` [PATCH v6 2/4] maintenance: include 'cron' details in docs Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-12-09 19:29           ` [PATCH v6 3/4] maintenance: use launchctl on macOS Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-12-09 19:29           ` [PATCH v6 4/4] maintenance: use Windows scheduled tasks Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-12-10  0:32           ` [PATCH v6 0/4] Maintenance IV: Platform-specific background maintenance Junio C Hamano
2020-12-10  0:49             ` Eric Sunshine
2020-12-10  1:04               ` Junio C Hamano
2021-01-05 12:17                 ` Derrick Stolee
2021-01-05 13:08           ` [PATCH v7 " Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2021-01-05 13:08             ` [PATCH v7 1/4] maintenance: extract platform-specific scheduling Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2021-01-05 13:08             ` [PATCH v7 2/4] maintenance: include 'cron' details in docs Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2021-01-05 13:08             ` [PATCH v7 3/4] maintenance: use launchctl on macOS Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2021-01-10  6:34               ` Eric Sunshine
2021-01-05 13:08             ` [PATCH v7 4/4] maintenance: use Windows scheduled tasks Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget

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