Add a new command (and command-line arg) to allow index-helpers to
exit cleanly.

This is mainly useful for tests.

Signed-off-by: David Turner <dtur...@twopensource.com>
---
 index-helper.c          | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 t/t7900-index-helper.sh |  9 +++++++++
 2 files changed, 46 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/index-helper.c b/index-helper.c
index 445a0ac..ffa3c2a 100644
--- a/index-helper.c
+++ b/index-helper.c
@@ -286,6 +286,8 @@ static void loop(int fd, int idle_in_seconds)
                                                 * alive, nothing to do.
                                                 */
                                                ;
+                               } else if (!strcmp(command.buf, "die")) {
+                                       break;
                                } else {
                                        warning("BUG: Bogus command %s", 
command.buf);
                                }
@@ -338,10 +340,35 @@ static const char * const usage_text[] = {
        NULL
 };
 
+static void request_kill(const char *pipe_path)
+{
+       int fd;
+
+       fd = open(pipe_path, O_WRONLY | O_NONBLOCK);
+       if (fd < 0) {
+               warning("No existing pipe; can't send kill message to old 
process");
+               goto done;
+       }
+
+       write_in_full(fd, "die", 4);
+       close(fd);
+
+done:
+       /*
+        * The child will try to do this anyway, but we want to be
+        * ready to launch a new daemon immediately after this command
+        * returns.
+        */
+
+       unlink(pipe_path);
+       return;
+}
+
+
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
        const char *prefix;
-       int idle_in_seconds = 600, detach = 0;
+       int idle_in_seconds = 600, detach = 0, kill = 0;
        int fd;
        struct strbuf pipe_path = STRBUF_INIT;
        struct option options[] = {
@@ -350,6 +377,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
                OPT_BOOL(0, "strict", &to_verify,
                         "verify shared memory after creating"),
                OPT_BOOL(0, "detach", &detach, "detach the process"),
+               OPT_BOOL(0, "kill", &kill, "request that existing index helper 
processes exit"),
                OPT_END()
        };
 
@@ -364,10 +392,17 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
                          options, usage_text, 0))
                die(_("too many arguments"));
 
+       strbuf_git_path(&pipe_path, "index-helper.pipe");
+       if (kill) {
+               if (detach)
+                       die(_("--kill doesn't want any other options"));
+               request_kill(pipe_path.buf);
+               return 0;
+       }
+
        atexit(cleanup);
        sigchain_push_common(cleanup_on_signal);
 
-       strbuf_git_path(&pipe_path, "index-helper.pipe");
        fd = setup_pipe(pipe_path.buf);
        if (fd < 0)
                die_errno("Could not set up index-helper.pipe");
diff --git a/t/t7900-index-helper.sh b/t/t7900-index-helper.sh
index 7126037..14b5a6c 100755
--- a/t/t7900-index-helper.sh
+++ b/t/t7900-index-helper.sh
@@ -15,4 +15,13 @@ test_expect_success 'index-helper smoke test' '
        test_path_is_missing .git/index-helper.pipe
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'index-helper creates usable pipe file and can be killed' '
+       test_when_finished "git index-helper --kill" &&
+       test_path_is_missing .git/index-helper.pipe &&
+       git index-helper --detach &&
+       test -p .git/index-helper.pipe &&
+       git index-helper --kill &&
+       test_path_is_missing .git/index-helper.pipe
+'
+
 test_done
-- 
2.4.2.767.g62658d5-twtrsrc

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