glossary: update description of head and ref

diff --git a/read-cache.c b/read-cache.c
index 98d526bd48d2a0e764dd0efb4c6efe4965174c9a..f38471cac3ac57d8d52429cde2dcc4cf5b92557b 100644 (file)
--- a/read-cache.c
+++ b/read-cache.c
@@ -1547,6 +1547,31 @@ static int ce_write_entry(git_SHA_CTX *c, int fd, struct cache_entry *ce)
        return result;
 }
 
+static int has_racy_timestamp(struct index_state *istate)
+{
+       int entries = istate->cache_nr;
+       int i;
+
+       for (i = 0; i < entries; i++) {
+               struct cache_entry *ce = istate->cache[i];
+               if (is_racy_timestamp(istate, ce))
+                       return 1;
+       }
+       return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Opportunisticly update the index but do not complain if we can't
+ */
+void update_index_if_able(struct index_state *istate, struct lock_file *lockfile)
+{
+       if ((istate->cache_changed || has_racy_timestamp(istate)) &&
+           !write_index(istate, lockfile->fd))
+               commit_locked_index(lockfile);
+       else
+               rollback_lock_file(lockfile);
+}
+
 int write_index(struct index_state *istate, int newfd)
 {
        git_SHA_CTX c;