When a split-index file is created, let's update the mtime of the shared index file that the split-index file is referencing.
In a following commit we will make shared index file expire depending on their mtime, so updating the mtime makes sure that the shared index file will not be deleted soon. Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <[email protected]> --- read-cache.c | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/read-cache.c b/read-cache.c index a91fabe..3aeff77 100644 --- a/read-cache.c +++ b/read-cache.c @@ -2268,6 +2268,12 @@ int write_locked_index(struct index_state *istate, struct lock_file *lock, int ret = write_shared_index(istate, lock, flags); if (ret) return ret; + } else { + /* Signal that the shared index is used */ + const char *shared_index = git_path("sharedindex.%s", + sha1_to_hex(si->base_sha1)); + if (!check_and_freshen_file(shared_index, 1)) + warning("could not freshen '%s'", shared_index); } return write_split_index(istate, lock, flags); -- 2.10.1.462.g7e1e03a
