# HG changeset patch
# User Laurent Charignon <lcharignon@fb.com>
# Date 2015-12-29 18:21:39
# Node ID 56caab876bd848dde6a1a15a59c09fa2cbc28b2d
# Parent  20589d3bda6deb5a063a474a09fae9293f46b3bf

repair: improves documentation of strip regarding locks

This patch adds a comment making it clear that we should hold a lock before
calling repair.strip. The wording is the same than what we have for
obsolete.createmarkers

diff --git a/mercurial/repair.py b/mercurial/repair.py
--- a/mercurial/repair.py
+++ b/mercurial/repair.py
@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@ def _collectbrokencsets(repo, files, str
     return s
 
 def strip(ui, repo, nodelist, backup=True, topic='backup'):
-
+    # This function operates within a transaction of its own, but does
+    # not take any lock on the repo.
     # Simple way to maintain backwards compatibility for this
     # argument.
     if backup in ['none', 'strip']: