From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2007 20:35:52 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rename_ref(): only print a warning when config-file update fails
Message-ID: <7v1wixkzpz.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <11758483861506-git-send-email-hjemli@gmail.com>

Lars Hjemli <hjemli@gmail.com> writes:

> If git_config_rename_section() fails, rename_ref() used to return 1, which
> left HEAD pointing to an absent refs/heads file (since the actual renaming
> had already occurred).

I wonder if rolling back the rename that was asked is an
option.  We would want to keep these low-level things atomic
whenever possible.