git-annex/Annex/Link.hs
Joey Hess 38d61f934d Update working tree files fully atomically
This avoids commit churn by the assistant when eg,
replacing a file with a symlink.

But, just as importantly, it prevents the working tree being left with a
deleted file if git-annex, or perhaps the whole system, crashes at the
wrong time.

(It also probably avoids confusing displays in file managers.)
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{- git-annex links to content
-
- On file systems that support them, symlinks are used.
-
- On other filesystems, git instead stores the symlink target in a regular
- file.
-
- Copyright 2013 Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>
-
- Licensed under the GNU GPL version 3 or higher.
-}
module Annex.Link where
import Common.Annex
import qualified Annex
import qualified Git.HashObject
import qualified Git.UpdateIndex
import qualified Annex.Queue
import Git.Types
type LinkTarget = String
{- Checks if a file is a link to a key. -}
isAnnexLink :: FilePath -> Annex (Maybe Key)
isAnnexLink file = maybe Nothing (fileKey . takeFileName) <$> getAnnexLinkTarget file
{- Gets the link target of a symlink.
-
- On a filesystem that does not support symlinks, get the link
- target by looking inside the file. (Only return at first 8k of the file,
- more than enough for any symlink target.)
-
- Returns Nothing if the file is not a symlink, or not a link to annex
- content.
-}
getAnnexLinkTarget :: FilePath -> Annex (Maybe LinkTarget)
getAnnexLinkTarget file = do
v <- ifM (coreSymlinks <$> Annex.getGitConfig)
( liftIO $ catchMaybeIO $ readSymbolicLink file
, liftIO $ catchMaybeIO $ readfilestart file
)
case v of
Nothing -> return Nothing
Just l
| isLinkToAnnex l -> return v
| otherwise -> return Nothing
where
readfilestart f = do
h <- openFile f ReadMode
fileEncoding h
take 8192 <$> hGetContents h
{- Creates a link on disk.
-
- On a filesystem that does not support symlinks, writes the link target
- to a file. Note that git will only treat the file as a symlink if
- it's staged as such, so use addAnnexLink when adding a new file or
- modified link to git.
-}
makeAnnexLink :: LinkTarget -> FilePath -> Annex ()
makeAnnexLink linktarget file = ifM (coreSymlinks <$> Annex.getGitConfig)
( liftIO $ do
void $ tryIO $ removeFile file
createSymbolicLink linktarget file
, liftIO $ writeFile file linktarget
)
{- Creates a link on disk, and additionally stages it in git. -}
addAnnexLink :: LinkTarget -> FilePath -> Annex ()
addAnnexLink linktarget file = do
makeAnnexLink linktarget file
stageSymlink file =<< hashSymlink linktarget
{- Injects a symlink target into git, returning its Sha. -}
hashSymlink :: LinkTarget -> Annex Sha
hashSymlink linktarget = inRepo $ Git.HashObject.hashObject BlobObject linktarget
{- Stages a symlink to the annex, using a Sha of its target. -}
stageSymlink :: FilePath -> Sha -> Annex ()
stageSymlink file sha =
Annex.Queue.addUpdateIndex =<<
inRepo (Git.UpdateIndex.stageSymlink file sha)