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* hn/reftable-tables-doc-update:
  reftable: document an alternate cleanup method on Windows
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Junio C Hamano
2021-04-20 17:23:35 -07:00
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@ -1011,8 +1011,13 @@ reftable stack, reload `tables.list`, and delete any tables no longer mentioned
in `tables.list`. in `tables.list`.
Irregular program exit may still leave about unused files. In this case, a Irregular program exit may still leave about unused files. In this case, a
cleanup operation can read `tables.list`, note its modification timestamp, and cleanup operation should proceed as follows:
delete any unreferenced `*.ref` files that are older.
* take a lock `tables.list.lock` to prevent concurrent modifications
* refresh the reftable stack, by reading `tables.list`
* for each `*.ref` file, remove it if
** it is not mentioned in `tables.list`, and
** its max update_index is not beyond the max update_index of the stack
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