Re: [PATCH 09/14] config: use message from lockfile API when locking config file fails

2014-12-03 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Junio C Hamano wrote: > Up to this point the patches looked sensible (I am not saying that > the remainder is junk---I haven't looked at them yet is all I am > saying). Nice to hear. Thanks for looking it over. Jonathan -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the bo

Re: [PATCH 09/14] config: use message from lockfile API when locking config file fails

2014-12-03 Thread Junio C Hamano
Up to this point the patches looked sensible (I am not saying that the remainder is junk---I haven't looked at them yet is all I am saying). Thanks. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http:

[PATCH 09/14] config: use message from lockfile API when locking config file fails

2014-12-02 Thread Jonathan Nieder
The message from the lockfile API includes advice about how to remove a stale lock file after a previous git process crashed. Pass the LOCK_OUTSIDE_REPOSITORY flag to avoid confusing error messages that imply the lockfile is under .git. These functions (and 'git config --file') are useful for arb