Function mtimeOf

pkg/cache/cache.go:284–289

mtimeOf returns the file modification time at path, or the zero value if path doesn't exist or can't be stat'd. The zero value (time.Time{}) is a sentinel meaning "file not found" and is safe to compare via [time.Time.Equal] in [Cache.maybeReload]: it will never equal a real mtime, so the reload wi

(path string)

// and is safe to compare via [time.Time.Equal] in [Cache.maybeReload]: it
// will never equal a real mtime, so the reload will proceed as expected.
func mtimeOf(path string) time.Time {
	if info, err := os.Stat(path); err == nil {
		return info.ModTime()
	}
	return time.Time{}
}

// lockFile takes an exclusive advisory lock on "<path>.lock", creating
// the lock file (and any missing parent directory) if needed. The