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Ronnie Sahlberg d43f990fac branch.c: use ref transaction for all ref updates
Change create_branch to use a ref transaction when creating the new branch.

This also fixes a race condition in the old code where two concurrent
create_branch could race since the lock_any_ref_for_update/write_ref_sha1
did not protect against the ref already existing. I.e. one thread could end up
overwriting a branch even if the forcing flag is false.

Signed-off-by: Ronnie Sahlberg <sahlberg@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-09-03 10:04:13 -07:00
block-sha1 Merge branch 'jk/pack-bitmap' 2014-02-27 14:01:48 -08:00
builtin commit.c: use ref transactions for updates 2014-09-03 10:04:11 -07:00
compat Merge branch 'cb/byte-order' 2014-06-16 10:07:18 -07:00
contrib Merge branch 'jk/complete-merge-pull' 2014-06-16 12:17:53 -07:00
Documentation Third batch for 2.1 2014-06-16 12:39:35 -07:00
ewah ewah_bitmap.c: do not assume size_t and eword_t are the same size 2014-04-22 16:21:16 -07:00
git-gui Merge branch 'jl/use-vsatisfy-correctly-for-2.0' 2014-05-19 10:35:24 -07:00
gitk-git Merge git://ozlabs.org/~paulus/gitk 2014-01-23 08:50:50 -08:00
gitweb Merge branch 'jl/nor-or-nand-and' 2014-04-08 12:00:28 -07:00
mergetools mergetools: add vimdiff3 mode 2014-04-22 12:49:07 -07:00
perl Merge branch 'mm/pager-less-sans-S' 2014-06-06 11:02:59 -07:00
po fr: a lot of good fixups 2014-05-17 19:08:59 +02:00
ppc
t Merge branch 'ib/test-selectively-run' 2014-06-16 12:18:56 -07:00
templates
vcs-svn
xdiff
.gitattributes
.gitignore Merge branch 'tb/unicode-6.3-zero-width' 2014-06-06 11:29:38 -07:00
.mailmap
abspath.c Merge branch 'ap/path-max' 2014-01-10 10:32:18 -08:00
aclocal.m4
advice.c Merge branch 'jk/error-resolve-conflict-advice' 2014-06-16 12:18:47 -07:00
advice.h Merge branch 'jc/push-2.0-default-to-simple' 2014-03-07 15:13:15 -08:00
alias.c
alloc.c
archive-tar.c
archive-zip.c
archive.c Merge branch 'rm/strchrnul-not-strlen' 2014-03-18 13:51:18 -07:00
archive.h
argv-array.c argv-array: drop "detach" code 2014-05-15 09:49:12 -07:00
argv-array.h argv-array: drop "detach" code 2014-05-15 09:49:12 -07:00
attr.c attr.c: use ALLOC_GROW() in handle_attr_line() 2014-03-03 14:54:37 -08:00
attr.h
base85.c
bisect.c Merge branch 'nd/log-show-linear-break' 2014-04-03 12:38:11 -07:00
bisect.h
blob.c
blob.h
branch.c branch.c: use ref transaction for all ref updates 2014-09-03 10:04:13 -07:00
branch.h
builtin.h builtin/help.c: speed up is_git_command() by checking for builtin commands first 2014-01-06 11:26:31 -08:00
bulk-checkin.c finish_tmp_packfile():use strbuf for pathname construction 2014-03-03 12:15:10 -08:00
bulk-checkin.h
bundle.c Merge branch 'nd/log-show-linear-break' 2014-04-03 12:38:11 -07:00
bundle.h
cache-tree.c Merge branch 'rm/strchrnul-not-strlen' 2014-03-18 13:51:18 -07:00
cache-tree.h
cache.h refs.c: make resolve_ref_unsafe set errno to something meaningful on error 2014-07-14 11:54:42 -07:00
check-builtins.sh check-builtins.sh: use the $(...) construct for command substitution 2014-03-25 13:42:52 -07:00
check-racy.c
check_bindir
color.c
color.h
column.c run_column_filter: use argv_array 2014-05-15 09:49:10 -07:00
column.h
combine-diff.c Merge branch 'mk/show-s-no-extra-blank-line-for-merges' 2014-06-06 11:35:02 -07:00
command-list.txt
commit-slab.h
commit.c commit.c: rearrange xcalloc arguments 2014-05-27 14:00:43 -07:00
commit.h Merge branch 'bp/commit-p-editor' into maint 2014-04-08 12:07:06 -07:00
config.c Merge branch 'ow/config-mailmap-pathname' 2014-06-16 12:18:24 -07:00
config.mak.in
config.mak.uname Merge branch 'sk/msvc-dynlink-crt' 2014-06-03 12:06:46 -07:00
configure.ac Merge branch 'ks/tree-diff-nway' 2014-06-03 12:06:40 -07:00
connect.c git_connect: use argv_array 2014-05-15 09:49:10 -07:00
connect.h
connected.c Merge branch 'nd/shallow-clone' 2014-01-17 12:21:20 -08:00
connected.h
convert.c
convert.h
copy.c
COPYING
credential-cache--daemon.c
credential-cache.c
credential-store.c
credential.c
credential.h
csum-file.c Merge branch 'jk/sha1write-void' 2014-01-10 10:33:09 -08:00
csum-file.h Merge branch 'jk/sha1write-void' 2014-01-10 10:33:09 -08:00
ctype.c
daemon.c Merge branch 'jk/daemon-tolower' 2014-06-16 10:07:15 -07:00
date.c i18n: fix uncatchable comments for translators in date.c 2014-04-17 11:03:28 -07:00
decorate.c
decorate.h
delta.h comments: fix misuses of "nor" 2014-03-31 15:29:27 -07:00
diff-delta.c
diff-lib.c Merge branch 'jk/diff-files-assume-unchanged' 2014-06-16 10:06:12 -07:00
diff-no-index.c Merge branch 'jc/fix-diff-no-index-diff-opt-parse' into maint 2014-04-09 11:59:16 -07:00
diff.c Merge branch 'bg/xcalloc-nmemb-then-size' 2014-06-16 12:17:50 -07:00
diff.h Merge branch 'ks/tree-diff-nway' 2014-06-03 12:06:40 -07:00
diffcore-break.c
diffcore-delta.c
diffcore-order.c Merge branch 'nd/no-more-fnmatch' 2014-03-14 14:25:31 -07:00
diffcore-pickaxe.c pickaxe: simplify kwset loop in contains() 2014-03-24 15:13:17 -07:00
diffcore-rename.c Merge branch 'dd/use-alloc-grow' 2014-03-18 13:50:21 -07:00
diffcore.h Merge branch 'nd/diff-quiet-stat-dirty' into maint 2014-03-18 13:59:56 -07:00
dir.c dir.c:trim_trailing_spaces(): fix for " \ " sequence 2014-06-02 15:48:48 -07:00
dir.h pathspec: pass directory indicator to match_pathspec_item() 2014-02-24 14:37:19 -08:00
editor.c
entry.c Merge branch 'mh/remove-subtree-long-pathname-fix' into maint 2014-04-03 13:39:05 -07:00
environment.c Merge branch 'sh/enable-preloadindex' 2014-06-16 12:18:49 -07:00
exec_cmd.c
exec_cmd.h
fast-import.c fast-import.c: change update_branch to use ref transactions 2014-09-03 10:04:12 -07:00
fetch-pack.c Merge branch 'jk/shallow-update-fix' into maint 2014-04-03 13:39:03 -07:00
fetch-pack.h Merge branch 'nd/shallow-clone' 2014-01-17 12:21:20 -08:00
fmt-merge-msg.h
fsck.c Merge branch 'hs/simplify-bit-setting-in-fsck-tree' 2014-03-31 16:30:44 -07:00
fsck.h
generate-cmdlist.sh
gettext.c
gettext.h
git-add--interactive.perl Merge branch 'jl/nor-or-nand-and' 2014-04-08 12:00:28 -07:00
git-am.sh Merge branch 'jl/nor-or-nand-and' 2014-04-08 12:00:28 -07:00
git-archimport.perl
git-bisect.sh git-bisect.sh: fix a few style issues 2014-03-03 18:29:34 -08:00
git-compat-util.h Merge branch 'sk/windows-unc-path' 2014-06-16 10:07:03 -07:00
git-cvsexportcommit.perl
git-cvsimport.perl
git-cvsserver.perl
git-difftool--helper.sh
git-difftool.perl difftool: support repositories with .git-files 2014-02-24 09:53:57 -08:00
git-filter-branch.sh
git-instaweb.sh git-instaweb: add support for Apache 2.4 2014-05-27 12:57:19 -07:00
git-merge-octopus.sh
git-merge-one-file.sh
git-merge-resolve.sh
git-mergetool--lib.sh
git-mergetool.sh mergetool: run prompt only if guessed tool 2014-04-22 12:49:46 -07:00
git-p4.py git-p4: Do not include diff in spec file when just preparing p4 2014-05-27 12:35:15 -07:00
git-parse-remote.sh
git-pull.sh Sync with maint 2014-06-12 12:22:38 -07:00
git-quiltimport.sh git-sh-setup.sh: add variable to use the stuck-long mode 2014-02-03 12:11:10 -08:00
git-rebase--am.sh Merge branch 'km/avoid-non-function-return-in-rebase' 2014-04-21 10:42:46 -07:00
git-rebase--interactive.sh Merge branch 'rr/rebase-autostash-fix' 2014-06-16 10:06:57 -07:00
git-rebase--merge.sh Merge branch 'ep/shell-command-substitution' 2014-06-03 12:06:45 -07:00
git-rebase.sh Merge branch 'rr/rebase-autostash-fix' 2014-06-16 10:06:57 -07:00
git-relink.perl
git-remote-testgit.sh Merge branch 'ep/shell-assign-and-export-vars' 2014-06-06 11:38:51 -07:00
git-request-pull.sh Merge branch 'lt/request-pull' 2014-05-19 10:35:36 -07:00
git-send-email.perl send-email: windows drive prefix (e.g. C:) appears only at the beginning 2014-04-23 09:37:38 -07:00
git-sh-i18n.sh
git-sh-setup.sh pager: remove 'S' from $LESS by default 2014-05-07 13:41:04 -07:00
git-stash.sh Merge branch 'ep/shell-assign-and-export-vars' 2014-06-06 11:38:51 -07:00
git-submodule.sh Merge branch 'sk/submodules-absolute-path-on-windows' 2014-06-06 11:26:38 -07:00
git-svn.perl Git 2.0: git svn: Set default --prefix='origin/' if --prefix is not given 2014-04-19 11:30:13 +00:00
GIT-VERSION-GEN First batch for 2.1 2014-06-03 12:09:13 -07:00
git-web--browse.sh git-web--browse.sh: use the $( ... ) construct for command substitution 2014-04-23 15:17:02 -07:00
git.c Merge branch 'lr/git-run-setup-gently' 2014-06-03 12:06:43 -07:00
git.rc Makefile: Fix compilation of Windows resource file 2014-01-23 10:00:28 -08:00
git.spec.in
gpg-interface.c
gpg-interface.h
graph.c
graph.h
grep.c Merge branch 'as/grep-fullname-config' 2014-06-03 12:06:39 -07:00
grep.h
hashmap.c
hashmap.h hashmap.h: use 'unsigned int' for hash-codes everywhere 2014-02-24 15:26:30 -08:00
help.c Merge branch 'rt/help-pretty-prints-cmd-names' 2014-03-14 14:27:00 -07:00
help.h
hex.c
http-backend.c
http-fetch.c
http-push.c http-push.c: rearrange xcalloc arguments 2014-05-27 14:02:45 -07:00
http-walker.c
http.c http: default text charset to iso-8859-1 2014-05-27 09:59:22 -07:00
http.h http: optionally extract charset parameter from content-type 2014-05-27 09:59:19 -07:00
ident.c
imap-send.c Merge branch 'bg/xcalloc-nmemb-then-size' 2014-06-16 12:17:50 -07:00
INSTALL
khash.h
kwset.c
kwset.h
levenshtein.c
levenshtein.h
LGPL-2.1
line-log.c line-log: convert to using diff_tree_sha1() 2014-02-05 10:50:36 -08:00
line-log.h
line-range.c
line-range.h
list-objects.c Merge branch 'jk/pack-bitmap' 2014-04-08 12:00:33 -07:00
list-objects.h
ll-merge.c
ll-merge.h
lockfile.c lockfile.c: make lock_file return a meaningful errno on failurei 2014-07-14 11:54:41 -07:00
log-tree.c Merge branch 'nd/log-show-linear-break' 2014-04-03 12:38:11 -07:00
log-tree.h
mailmap.c
mailmap.h
Makefile Merge branch 'tb/unicode-6.3-zero-width' 2014-06-06 11:29:38 -07:00
match-trees.c use strchrnul() in place of strchr() and strlen() 2014-03-10 08:35:30 -07:00
merge-blobs.c
merge-blobs.h
merge-recursive.c merge-recursive.c: fix case-changing merge bug 2014-05-07 13:53:10 -07:00
merge-recursive.h
merge.c
mergesort.c
mergesort.h
name-hash.c name-hash: retire unused index_name_exists() 2014-02-24 15:26:33 -08:00
notes-cache.c refs.h: rename the action_on_err constants 2014-04-07 12:09:11 -07:00
notes-cache.h
notes-merge.c
notes-merge.h
notes-utils.c refs.h: rename the action_on_err constants 2014-04-07 12:09:11 -07:00
notes-utils.h
notes.c notes.c: rearrange xcalloc arguments 2014-05-27 14:02:45 -07:00
notes.h
object.c Document some functions defined in object.c 2014-02-28 13:18:09 -08:00
object.h Merge branch 'nd/log-show-linear-break' 2014-04-03 12:38:11 -07:00
pack-bitmap-write.c Use hashcpy() when copying object names 2014-03-06 14:03:12 -08:00
pack-bitmap.c add ignore_missing_links mode to revwalk 2014-04-04 13:31:38 -07:00
pack-bitmap.h pack-bitmap: implement optional name_hash cache 2013-12-30 12:19:23 -08:00
pack-check.c
pack-objects.c pack-objects: use free()+xcalloc() instead of xrealloc()+memset() 2014-06-02 13:51:22 -07:00
pack-objects.h
pack-revindex.c pack-revindex.c: rearrange xcalloc arguments 2014-05-27 14:02:45 -07:00
pack-revindex.h do not discard revindex when re-preparing packfiles 2014-01-16 14:33:46 -08:00
pack-write.c finish_tmp_packfile():use strbuf for pathname construction 2014-03-03 12:15:10 -08:00
pack.h finish_tmp_packfile():use strbuf for pathname construction 2014-03-03 12:15:10 -08:00
pager.c Merge branch 'je/pager-do-not-recurse' 2014-06-06 11:17:00 -07:00
parse-options-cb.c
parse-options.c Merge branch 'mr/opt-set-ptr' 2014-04-08 12:00:17 -07:00
parse-options.h Merge branch 'jk/squelch-compiler-warning-from-funny-error-macro' 2014-06-06 11:21:36 -07:00
patch-delta.c
patch-ids.c patch-ids.c: use ALLOC_GROW() in add_commit() 2014-03-03 14:49:12 -08:00
patch-ids.h
path.c Windows: allow using UNC path for git repository 2014-06-10 13:30:04 -07:00
pathspec.c pathspec: convert some match_pathspec_depth() to ce_path_match() 2014-02-24 14:36:52 -08:00
pathspec.h
pkt-line.c
pkt-line.h comments: fix misuses of "nor" 2014-03-31 15:29:27 -07:00
preload-index.c pathspec: convert some match_pathspec_depth() to ce_path_match() 2014-02-24 14:36:52 -08:00
pretty.c Merge branch 'as/pretty-truncate' 2014-06-16 10:07:12 -07:00
prio-queue.c
prio-queue.h
progress.c i18n: mark all progress lines for translation 2014-02-24 09:08:37 -08:00
progress.h
prompt.c Revert "prompt: clean up strbuf usage" 2014-01-02 10:21:40 -08:00
prompt.h
quote.c
quote.h
reachable.c
reachable.h
read-cache.c Merge branch 'ym/fix-opportunistic-index-update-race' 2014-06-03 12:06:41 -07:00
README
reflog-walk.c reflog-walk.c: rearrange xcalloc arguments 2014-05-27 14:02:45 -07:00
reflog-walk.h
refs.c refs.c: add transaction.status and track OPEN/CLOSED 2014-09-03 10:04:09 -07:00
refs.h refs.c: make ref_transaction_begin take an err argument 2014-09-03 10:04:08 -07:00
RelNotes First batch for 2.1 2014-06-03 12:09:13 -07:00
remote-curl.c remote-curl: reencode http error messages 2014-05-27 09:59:22 -07:00
remote-testsvn.c use strchrnul() in place of strchr() and strlen() 2014-03-10 08:35:30 -07:00
remote.c remote.c: rearrange xcalloc arguments 2014-05-27 14:02:45 -07:00
remote.h push: detect local refspec errors early 2014-03-05 13:23:27 -08:00
replace_object.c Merge branch 'dd/use-alloc-grow' 2014-03-18 13:50:21 -07:00
rerere.c pathspec: pass directory indicator to match_pathspec_item() 2014-02-24 14:37:19 -08:00
rerere.h
resolve-undo.c Merge branch 'nd/submodule-pathspec-ending-with-slash' 2014-02-27 14:01:15 -08:00
resolve-undo.h
revision.c Merge branch 'jc/shortlog-ref-exclude' 2014-06-09 11:30:13 -07:00
revision.h Merge branch 'jk/pack-bitmap' 2014-04-08 12:00:33 -07:00
run-command.c run-command: store an optional argv_array 2014-05-15 09:49:09 -07:00
run-command.h run-command: store an optional argv_array 2014-05-15 09:49:09 -07:00
send-pack.c Merge branch 'nd/shallow-clone' 2014-01-17 12:21:20 -08:00
send-pack.h
sequencer.c sequencer.c: use ref transactions for all ref updates 2014-09-03 10:04:12 -07:00
sequencer.h cherry-pick, revert: add the --gpg-sign option 2014-01-27 15:15:52 -08:00
server-info.c
setup.c Merge branch 'mw/symlinks' into maint 2014-05-28 15:45:57 -07:00
sh-i18n--envsubst.c sh-i18n--envsubst: retire unused string_list_member() 2014-03-12 15:04:55 -07:00
sha1-array.c
sha1-array.h
sha1-lookup.c
sha1-lookup.h
sha1_file.c Merge branch 'jk/report-fail-to-read-objects-better' 2014-06-16 10:06:15 -07:00
sha1_name.c Merge branch 'nd/log-show-linear-break' 2014-04-03 12:38:11 -07:00
shallow.c shallow: verify shallow file after taking lock 2014-03-17 15:03:32 -07:00
shell.c
shortlog.h
show-index.c
sideband.c sideband.c: do not use ANSI control sequence on non-terminal 2014-06-02 11:02:27 -07:00
sideband.h
sigchain.c
sigchain.h
strbuf.c Merge branch 'jk/http-errors' 2014-06-16 12:18:36 -07:00
strbuf.h Merge branch 'jk/http-errors' 2014-06-16 12:18:36 -07:00
streaming.c open_istream(): do not dereference NULL in the error case 2014-02-18 16:00:53 -08:00
streaming.h
string-list.c
string-list.h string-list: spell all values out that are given to a string_list initializer 2014-06-06 13:49:19 -07:00
submodule.c Merge branch 'kb/fast-hashmap' 2014-02-27 14:01:09 -08:00
submodule.h
symlinks.c
tag.c
tag.h
tar.h
test-chmtime.c comments: fix misuses of "nor" 2014-03-31 15:29:27 -07:00
test-ctype.c
test-date.c
test-delta.c
test-dump-cache-tree.c
test-genrandom.c
test-hashmap.c test-hashmap.c: drop unnecessary #includes 2014-02-24 14:33:46 -08:00
test-index-version.c
test-line-buffer.c
test-match-trees.c
test-mergesort.c
test-mktemp.c
test-parse-options.c parse-options: remove unused OPT_SET_PTR 2014-03-31 13:01:19 -07:00
test-path-utils.c
test-prio-queue.c
test-read-cache.c
test-regex.c
test-revision-walking.c
test-run-command.c
test-scrap-cache-tree.c
test-sha1.c
test-sha1.sh
test-sigchain.c
test-string-list.c
test-subprocess.c
test-svn-fe.c
test-urlmatch-normalization.c
test-wildmatch.c stop using fnmatch (either native or compat) 2014-02-20 14:16:11 -08:00
thread-utils.c
thread-utils.h
trace.c
transport-helper.c Merge branch 'fc/remote-helper-refmap' 2014-06-16 12:18:15 -07:00
transport.c push: detect local refspec errors early 2014-03-05 13:23:27 -08:00
transport.h
tree-diff.c tree-diff: rework diff_tree() to generate diffs for multiparent cases as well 2014-04-07 14:40:46 -07:00
tree-walk.c tree-walk: finally switch over tree descriptors to contain a pre-parsed entry 2014-02-24 14:43:29 -08:00
tree-walk.h tree-walk: finally switch over tree descriptors to contain a pre-parsed entry 2014-02-24 14:43:29 -08:00
tree.c
tree.h
unicode_width.h utf8: make it easier to auto-update git_wcwidth() 2014-05-12 10:38:01 -07:00
unimplemented.sh
unix-socket.c
unix-socket.h
unpack-trees.c Merge branch 'nd/i18n-progress' 2014-03-14 14:26:31 -07:00
unpack-trees.h
update_unicode.sh utf8: make it easier to auto-update git_wcwidth() 2014-05-12 10:38:01 -07:00
upload-pack.c Merge branch 'nd/log-show-linear-break' 2014-04-03 12:38:11 -07:00
url.c
url.h
urlmatch.c
urlmatch.h
usage.c
userdiff.c userdiff: have 'cpp' hunk header pattern catch more C++ anchor points 2014-03-21 15:03:32 -07:00
userdiff.h
utf8.c Merge branch 'tb/unicode-6.3-zero-width' 2014-06-06 11:29:38 -07:00
utf8.h
varint.c
varint.h
version.c
version.h
versioncmp.c tag: support --sort=<spec> 2014-02-27 14:04:05 -08:00
walker.c object.h: centralize object flag allocation 2014-03-25 15:09:24 -07:00
walker.h
wildmatch.c
wildmatch.h
wrap-for-bin.sh
wrapper.c read-cache.c: verify index file before we opportunistically update it 2014-04-10 12:27:58 -07:00
write_or_die.c
ws.c use strchrnul() in place of strchr() and strlen() 2014-03-10 08:35:30 -07:00
wt-status.c Merge branch 'jl/status-added-submodule-is-never-ignored' 2014-06-16 10:07:19 -07:00
wt-status.h Merge branch 'mm/status-porcelain-format-i18n-fix' 2014-03-31 16:31:25 -07:00
xdiff-interface.c
xdiff-interface.h
zlib.c

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