cache.h: document `write_locked_index()`

[thirdparty/git.git] / cache.h

diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
index ea6c236e0fa5e895d89a0029349ea54f9afabd07..e9d9556e34bc3d0297147b23a5a90bca13eda2d9 100644 (file)
--- a/cache.h
+++ b/cache.h
@@ -601,9 +601,25 @@ extern int do_read_index(struct index_state *istate, const char *path,
 extern int read_index_from(struct index_state *, const char *path);
 extern int is_index_unborn(struct index_state *);
 extern int read_index_unmerged(struct index_state *);
+
+/* For use with `write_locked_index()`. */
 #define COMMIT_LOCK            (1 << 0)
 #define CLOSE_LOCK             (1 << 1)
+
+/*
+ * Write the index while holding an already-taken lock. The flags may
+ * contain at most one of `COMMIT_LOCK` and `CLOSE_LOCK`.
+ *
+ * Unless a split index is in use, write the index into the lockfile.
+ *
+ * With a split index, write the shared index to a temporary file,
+ * adjust its permissions and rename it into place, then write the
+ * split index to the lockfile. If the temporary file for the shared
+ * index cannot be created, fall back to the behavior described in
+ * the previous paragraph.
+ */
 extern int write_locked_index(struct index_state *, struct lock_file *lock, unsigned flags);
+
 extern int discard_index(struct index_state *);
 extern void move_index_extensions(struct index_state *dst, struct index_state *src);
 extern int unmerged_index(const struct index_state *);