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| -rw-r--r-- | storage/filesystem/internal/dotgit/dotgit_setref_norwfs.go | 7 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/storage/filesystem/internal/dotgit/dotgit_setref_norwfs.go b/storage/filesystem/internal/dotgit/dotgit_setref_norwfs.go index b22166c..8b1e662 100644 --- a/storage/filesystem/internal/dotgit/dotgit_setref_norwfs.go +++ b/storage/filesystem/internal/dotgit/dotgit_setref_norwfs.go @@ -4,6 +4,13 @@ package dotgit import "gopkg.in/src-d/go-git.v4/plumbing" +// There are some filesystems tha don't support opening files in RDWD mode. +// In these filesystems the standard SetRef function can not be used as i +// reads the reference file to check that it's not modified before updating it. +// +// This version of the function writes the reference without extra checks +// making it compatible with these simple filesystems. This is usually not +// a problem as they should be accessed by only one process at a time. func (d *DotGit) setRef(fileName, content string, old *plumbing.Reference) error { f, err := d.fs.Create(fileName) if err != nil { |