Add a new command (and command-line arg) to allow index-helpers to
exit cleanly.

This is mainly useful for tests.

Signed-off-by: David Turner <dtur...@twopensource.com>
---
 index-helper.c          | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 t/t7900-index-helper.sh | 13 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/index-helper.c b/index-helper.c
index f993ae6..a3f6a74 100644
--- a/index-helper.c
+++ b/index-helper.c
@@ -276,6 +276,8 @@ static void loop(int fd, int idle_in_seconds)
                                         * alive, nothing to do.
                                         */
                                }
+                       } else if (!strcmp(command.buf, "die")) {
+                               break;
                        } else {
                                warning("BUG: Bogus command %s", command.buf);
                        }
@@ -358,10 +360,29 @@ static void make_socket_path(struct strbuf *path)
        strbuf_addstr(path, "/s");
 }
 
+static void request_kill(void)
+{
+       int fd = connect_to_index_helper();
+
+       if (fd >= 0) {
+               write_in_full(fd, "die", 4);
+               close(fd);
+       }
+
+       /*
+        * The child will try to do this anyway, but we want to be
+        * ready to launch a new daemon immediately after this command
+        * returns.
+        */
+
+       unlink(git_path("index-helper.path"));
+       return;
+}
+
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
        const char *prefix;
-       int idle_in_seconds = 600, detach = 0;
+       int idle_in_seconds = 600, detach = 0, kill = 0;
        int fd;
        struct strbuf socket_path = STRBUF_INIT;
        struct option options[] = {
@@ -370,6 +391,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
                OPT_BOOL(0, "strict", &to_verify,
                         "verify shared memory after creating"),
                OPT_BOOL(0, "detach", &detach, "detach the process"),
+               OPT_BOOL(0, "kill", &kill, "request that existing index helper 
processes exit"),
                OPT_END()
        };
 
@@ -384,6 +406,13 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
                          options, usage_text, 0))
                die(_("too many arguments"));
 
+       if (kill) {
+               if (detach)
+                       die(_("--kill doesn't want any other options"));
+               request_kill();
+               return 0;
+       }
+
        atexit(cleanup);
        sigchain_push_common(cleanup_on_signal);
 
diff --git a/t/t7900-index-helper.sh b/t/t7900-index-helper.sh
index 6a06094..b1fa96e 100755
--- a/t/t7900-index-helper.sh
+++ b/t/t7900-index-helper.sh
@@ -20,4 +20,17 @@ test_expect_success 'index-helper smoke test' '
        test_path_is_missing .git/index-helper.path
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'index-helper creates usable path file and can be killed' '
+       test_when_finished "git index-helper --kill" &&
+       test_path_is_missing .git/index-helper.path &&
+       git index-helper --detach &&
+       test -L .git/index-helper.path &&
+       sock="$(readlink .git/index-helper.path)" &&
+       test -S "$sock" &&
+       dir=$(dirname "$sock") &&
+       ls -ld "$dir" | grep ^drwx...--- &&
+       git index-helper --kill &&
+       test_path_is_missing .git/index-helper.path
+'
+
 test_done
-- 
2.4.2.767.g62658d5-twtrsrc

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