Add a with_lock function to ensure commitnumber appends do not interweave.

[git-central.git] / server / functions

diff --git a/server/functions b/server/functions
index b5065d3..4557d76 100644 (file)
--- a/server/functions
+++ b/server/functions
@@ -173,3 +173,37 @@ function set_describe_tags() {
        fi
 }
 
+# Takes a lockfile path and command to execute once the lock is acquired.
+#
+# Retries every second for 5 minutes.
+#
+# with_lock "foo.lock" "echo a"             # Works
+# with_lock "foo.lock" "echo b1 ; echo b2"  # Work
+# function several() {
+# echo several1 ; echo several2
+# }
+# with_lock "foo.lock" several              # Works
+#
+function with_lock() {
+       lockfile="$1"
+       block="$2"
+       with_lock_has_lock=1
+
+       trap with_lock_unlock_if_held INT TERM EXIT
+       lockfile -1 -r 300 "$lockfile"
+       with_lock_has_lock=$?
+       if [ $with_lock_has_lock -ne 0 ] ; then
+               exit $?
+       fi
+       eval "$block"
+       rm -f "$lockfile"
+       with_lock_has_lock=1
+}
+
+function with_lock_unlock_if_held() {
+       if [[ "$with_lock_has_lock" -eq 0 ]] ; then
+               rm -f "$lockfile"
+       fi
+}
+
+