doc/README
author Pierre-Yves David <pierre-yves.david@fb.com>
Wed, 03 Jun 2015 14:29:11 -0700
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changeset 25425 9263f86b9681
parent 9419 3516a4e877c1
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pull: avoid race condition with 'hg pull --rev name --update' (issue4706) The previous scheme was: 1) lookup node for all pulled revision, 2) pull said node 3) lookup the node of the checkout target 4) update the repository there. If the remote repo changes between (1) and (3), the resolved name will be different and (3) crash. There is actually no need for a remote lookup during (3), we could just set the value in (1). This prevent the race condition and save a possible network roundtrip.

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