worktree: teach "repair" to fix worktree back-links to main worktree

The .git file in a linked worktree is a "gitfile" which points back to
the .git/worktrees/<id> entry in the main worktree or bare repository.
If a worktree's .git file is deleted or becomes corrupted or outdated,
then the linked worktree won't know how to find the repository or any of
its own administrative files (such as 'index', 'HEAD', etc.). An easy
way for the .git file to become outdated is for the user to move the
main worktree or bare repository. Although it is possible to manually
update each linked worktree's .git file to reflect the new repository
location, doing so requires a level of knowledge about worktree
internals beyond what a user should be expected to know offhand.

Therefore, teach "git worktree repair" how to repair broken or outdated
worktree .git files automatically. (For this to work, the command must
be invoked from within the main worktree or bare repository, or from
within a worktree which has not become disconnected from the repository
-- such as one which was created after the repository was moved.)

Signed-off-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/worktree.h b/worktree.h
index 516744c..4fcb013 100644
--- a/worktree.h
+++ b/worktree.h
@@ -89,6 +89,17 @@ int validate_worktree(const struct worktree *wt,
 void update_worktree_location(struct worktree *wt,
 			      const char *path_);
 
+typedef void (* worktree_repair_fn)(int iserr, const char *path,
+				    const char *msg, void *cb_data);
+
+/*
+ * Visit each registered linked worktree and repair corruptions. For each
+ * repair made or error encountered while attempting a repair, the callback
+ * function, if non-NULL, is called with the path of the worktree and a
+ * description of the repair or error, along with the callback user-data.
+ */
+void repair_worktrees(worktree_repair_fn, void *cb_data);
+
 /*
  * Free up the memory for worktree(s)
  */