project: fix worktree init under Windows
Git likes to create .git files with read-only permissions which makes
it difficult to open+truncate+write in situ under Windows. Delete it
before we write the file content to workaround.
Change-Id: I3effd96525f0dfe0b90e298b6bf0b856ea26aa03
Reviewed-on: https://gerrit-review.googlesource.com/c/git-repo/+/256412
Tested-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@google.com>
Reviewed-by: David Pursehouse <dpursehouse@collab.net>
diff --git a/project.py b/project.py
index d83dd2d..b3b5d5c 100644
--- a/project.py
+++ b/project.py
@@ -3034,6 +3034,9 @@
setting = fp.read()
assert setting.startswith('gitdir:')
git_worktree_path = setting.split(':', 1)[1].strip()
+ # Some platforms (e.g. Windows) won't let us update dotgit in situ because
+ # of file permissions. Delete it and recreate it from scratch to avoid.
+ platform_utils.remove(dotgit)
# Use relative path from checkout->worktree.
with open(dotgit, 'w') as fp:
print('gitdir:', os.path.relpath(git_worktree_path, self.worktree),
