From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2014 22:41:02 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 07/32] hold_lock_file_for_append(): release lock on errors
Message-ID: <xmqqiokwifi9.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <1409989846-22401-8-git-send-email-mhagger@alum.mit.edu>

Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> writes:

> If there is an error copying the old contents to the lockfile, roll
> back the lockfile before exiting so that the lockfile is not held
> until process cleanup.

Same comment as 06/32 applies here.