[PATCH] git branch -D: give a better error message when lockfile creation fails
- From
Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@frugalware.org>
- Date
- Sep 25, 2009, 23:53 UTC
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- <1253922786-23600-1-git-send-email-vmiklos@frugalware.org>
Previously the old error message just told the user that it was not possible to delete the ref from the packed-refs file. Give instructions on how to resolve the problem.
Signed-off-by: Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@frugalware.org> --- refs.c | 4 +++- 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c index 24865cf..221d49c 100644 --- a/refs.c +++ b/refs.c @@ -972,8 +972,10 @@ static int repack_without_ref(const char *refname) if (!found) return 0; fd = hold_lock_file_for_update(&packlock, git_path("packed-refs"), 0); - if (fd < 0) + if (fd < 0) { + unable_to_lock_index_die(git_path("packed-refs"), errno); return error("cannot delete '%s' from packed refs", refname); + } for (list = packed_ref_list; list; list = list->next) { char line[PATH_MAX + 100];
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