The reftable library includes "git-compat-util.h" in order to get a
POSIX-like programming environment that papers over various differences
between platforms. The header also brings with it a couple of helpers
specific to the Git codebase though, and over time we have started to
use these helpers in the reftable library, as well.
This makes it very hard to use the reftable library as a standalone
library without the rest of the Git codebase, so other libraries like
e.g. libgit2 cannot easily use it. But now that we have removed all
calls to Git-specific functionality and have split out "compat/posix.h"
as a separate header we can address this.
Stop including "git-compat-util.h" and instead include "compat/posix.h"
to finalize the decoupling of the reftable library from the rest of the
Git codebase. The only bits which remain specific to Git are "system.h"
and "system.c", which projects will have to provide.
Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Introduce a new system-level `reftable_rand()` function that generates a
single unsigned integer for us. The implementation of this function is
to be provided by the calling codebase, which allows us to more easily
hook into pre-seeded random number generators.
Adapt the two callsites where we generated random data.
Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
We use the lockfile subsystem to write lockfiles for "tables.list". As
with the tempfile subsystem, the lockfile subsystem also hooks into our
infrastructure to prune stale locks via atexit(3p) or signal handlers.
Furthermore, the lockfile subsystem also handles locking timeouts, which
do add quite a bit of logic. Having to reimplement that in the context
of Git wouldn't make a whole lot of sense, and it is quite likely that
downstream users of the reftable library may have a better idea for how
exactly to implement timeouts.
So again, provide a thin wrapper for the lockfile subsystem instead such
that the compatibility shim is fully self-contained.
Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
We use the tempfile subsystem to write temporary tables, but given that
we're in the process of converting the reftable library to become
standalone we cannot use this subsystem directly anymore. While we could
in theory convert the code to use mkstemp(3p) instead, we'd lose access
to our infrastructure that automatically prunes tempfiles via atexit(3p)
or signal handlers.
Provide a thin wrapper for the tempfile subsystem instead. Like this,
the compatibility shim is fully self-contained in "reftable/system.c".
Downstream users of the reftable library would have to implement their
own tempfile shims by replacing "system.c" with a custom version.
Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Patrick Steinhardt