From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 23:39:24 GMT
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] git-init-db should error out with a message
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.63.0510260139000.30576@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>

When the HEAD symref could not be created, it is helpful for the user to 
know that.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>

---

 init-db.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

applies-to: 51f96562f1ef47cd9a09731e3f27445efaddbbe7
159c632ef3cc7371aaa495c41afd5fd41e2d3f3f
diff --git a/init-db.c b/init-db.c
index aabc09f..2c27e18 100644
--- a/init-db.c
+++ b/init-db.c
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ static void create_default_files(const c
 	strcpy(path + len, "HEAD");
 	if (read_ref(path, sha1) < 0) {
 		if (create_symref(path, "refs/heads/master") < 0)
-			exit(1);
+			die("Could not create HEAD symref!");
 	}
 	path[len] = 0;
 	copy_templates(path, len, template_path);
---
0.99.8.GIT