More friendly message when locking the index fails.
Just saying that index.lock exists doesn't tell the user _what_ to do to fix the problem. We should give an indication that it's normally safe to delete index.lock after making sure git isn't running here. Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@ -742,8 +742,7 @@ int cmd_update_index(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
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if (newfd < 0) {
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if (refresh_flags & REFRESH_QUIET)
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exit(128);
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die("unable to create '%s.lock': %s",
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get_index_file(), strerror(lock_error));
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unable_to_lock_index_die(get_index_file(), lock_error);
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}
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if (write_cache(newfd, active_cache, active_nr) ||
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commit_locked_index(lock_file))
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cache.h
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cache.h
@ -484,6 +484,7 @@ struct lock_file {
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};
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#define LOCK_DIE_ON_ERROR 1
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#define LOCK_NODEREF 2
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extern NORETURN void unable_to_lock_index_die(const char *path, int err);
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extern int hold_lock_file_for_update(struct lock_file *, const char *path, int);
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extern int hold_lock_file_for_append(struct lock_file *, const char *path, int);
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extern int commit_lock_file(struct lock_file *);
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lockfile.c
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lockfile.c
@ -158,11 +158,25 @@ static int lock_file(struct lock_file *lk, const char *path, int flags)
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return lk->fd;
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}
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NORETURN void unable_to_lock_index_die(const char *path, int err)
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{
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if (errno == EEXIST) {
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die("Unable to create '%s.lock': %s.\n\n"
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"If no other git process is currently running, this probably means a\n"
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"git process crashed in this repository earlier. Make sure no other git\n"
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"process is running and remove the file manually to continue.",
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path, strerror(err));
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} else {
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die("Unable to create '%s.lock': %s", path, strerror(err));
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}
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}
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int hold_lock_file_for_update(struct lock_file *lk, const char *path, int flags)
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{
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int fd = lock_file(lk, path, flags);
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if (fd < 0 && (flags & LOCK_DIE_ON_ERROR))
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die("unable to create '%s.lock': %s", path, strerror(errno));
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unable_to_lock_index_die(path, errno);
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return fd;
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}
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