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| -rw-r--r-- | refs.h | 12 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
@@ -109,6 +109,11 @@ extern int dwim_log(const char *str, int len, unsigned char *sha1, char **ref); * If this succeeds, the ref updates will have taken place and * the transaction cannot be rolled back. * + * - Instead of `ref_transaction_commit`, use + * `initial_ref_transaction_commit()` if the ref database is known + * to be empty (e.g. during clone). This is likely to be much + * faster. + * * - At any time call `ref_transaction_free()` to discard the * transaction and free associated resources. In particular, * this rolls back the transaction if it has not been @@ -124,6 +129,13 @@ extern int dwim_log(const char *str, int len, unsigned char *sha1, char **ref); * * The message is appended to err without first clearing err. * err will not be '\n' terminated. + * + * Caveats + * ------- + * + * Note that no locks are taken, and no refs are read, until + * `ref_transaction_commit` is called. So `ref_transaction_verify` + * won't report a verification failure until the commit is attempted. */ struct ref_transaction; |