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[PATCH 1/2] merge: close the index lock when not writing the new index

From
Joel Teichroeb <joel@teichroeb.net>
Date
Nov 10, 2017, 23:13 UTC
Message-ID
<20171110231314.30711-2-joel@teichroeb.net>
In-Reply-To
<20171110231314.30711-1-joel@teichroeb.net>

If the merge does not have anything to do, it does not unlock the index, causing any further index operations to fail. Thus, always unlock the index regardless of outcome.

Signed-off-by: Joel Teichroeb <joel@teichroeb.net>
---
 merge-recursive.c | 9 ++++++---
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/merge-recursive.c b/merge-recursive.c
index 2ca8444c6..225ff3fb5 100644
--- a/merge-recursive.c
+++ b/merge-recursive.c
@@ -2184,9 +2184,12 @@ int merge_recursive_generic(struct merge_options *o,
 	if (clean < 0)
 		return clean;
 
-	if (active_cache_changed &&
-	    write_locked_index(&the_index, &lock, COMMIT_LOCK))
-		return err(o, _("Unable to write index."));
+	if (active_cache_changed) {
+		if (write_locked_index(&the_index, &lock, COMMIT_LOCK))
+			return err(o, _("Unable to write index."));
+	} else {
+		rollback_lock_file(&lock);
+	}
 
 	return clean ? 0 : 1;
 }
-- 
2.15.0
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