Allow callers to reset the git config cache

If commands modify the git config too rapidly we might not notice
the .git/config file has been modified, as they could run in the
same filesystem timestamp window and thus not cause a change on
the config's mtime.  This can cause repo to miss re-reading the
config file after running a command.

Allowing the cache to be flushed forces us to re-read the config.

Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <sop@google.com>

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/git_config.py b/git_config.py
index e1e20463..2655939b 100644
--- a/git_config.py
+++ b/git_config.py
@@ -71,6 +71,14 @@ class GitConfig(object):
     else:
       self._pickle = pickleFile
 
+  def ClearCache(self):
+    if os.path.exists(self._pickle):
+      os.remove(self._pickle)
+    self._cache_dict = None
+    self._section_dict = None
+    self._remotes = {}
+    self._branches = {}
+
   def Has(self, name, include_defaults = True):
     """Return true if this configuration file has the key.
     """