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Michael Haggerty
99397152a3 register_tempfile(): new function to handle an existing temporary file
Allow an existing file to be registered with the tempfile-handling
infrastructure; in particular, arrange for it to be deleted on program
exit. This can be used if the temporary file has to be created in a
more complicated way than just open(). For example:

* If the file itself needs to be created via the lockfile API
* If it is not a regular file (e.g., a socket)

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2015-08-10 12:57:14 -07:00
Michael Haggerty
354ab11206 tempfile: add several functions for creating temporary files
Add several functions for creating temporary files with
automatically-generated names, analogous to mkstemps(), but also
arranging for the files to be deleted on program exit.

The functions are named according to a pattern depending how they
operate. They will be used to replace many places in the code where
temporary files are created and cleaned up ad-hoc.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2015-08-10 12:57:14 -07:00
Michael Haggerty
1a9d15db25 tempfile: a new module for handling temporary files
A lot of work went into defining the state diagram for lockfiles and
ensuring correct, race-resistant cleanup in all circumstances.

Most of that infrastructure can be applied directly to *any* temporary
file. So extract a new "tempfile" module from the "lockfile" module.
Reimplement lockfile on top of tempfile.

Subsequent commits will add more users of the new module.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2015-08-10 12:57:14 -07:00