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-rw-r--r--sha1_file.c10
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/sha1_file.c b/sha1_file.c
index c632641..5475d78 100644
--- a/sha1_file.c
+++ b/sha1_file.c
@@ -442,6 +442,7 @@ void prepare_alt_odb(void)
read_info_alternates(get_object_directory(), 0);
}
+/* Returns 1 if we have successfully freshened the file, 0 otherwise. */
static int freshen_file(const char *fn)
{
struct utimbuf t;
@@ -449,11 +450,18 @@ static int freshen_file(const char *fn)
return !utime(fn, &t);
}
+/*
+ * All of the check_and_freshen functions return 1 if the file exists and was
+ * freshened (if freshening was requested), 0 otherwise. If they return
+ * 0, you should not assume that it is safe to skip a write of the object (it
+ * either does not exist on disk, or has a stale mtime and may be subject to
+ * pruning).
+ */
static int check_and_freshen_file(const char *fn, int freshen)
{
if (access(fn, F_OK))
return 0;
- if (freshen && freshen_file(fn))
+ if (freshen && !freshen_file(fn))
return 0;
return 1;
}