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    safe_create_leading_directories(): add new error value SCLD_VANISHED · 18d37e86
    Michael Haggerty 提交于
    Add a new possible error result that can be returned by
    safe_create_leading_directories() and
    safe_create_leading_directories_const(): SCLD_VANISHED.  This value
    indicates that a file or directory on the path existed at one point
    (either it already existed or the function created it), but then it
    disappeared.  This probably indicates that another process deleted the
    directory while we were working.  If SCLD_VANISHED is returned, the
    caller might want to retry the function call, as there is a chance
    that a new attempt will succeed.
    
    Why doesn't safe_create_leading_directories() do the retrying
    internally?  Because an empty directory isn't really ever safe until
    it holds a file.  So even if safe_create_leading_directories() were
    absolutely sure that the directory existed before it returned, there
    would be no guarantee that the directory still existed when the caller
    tried to write something in it.
    Signed-off-by: NMichael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
    Signed-off-by: NJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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