[PATCH] Added the printing of 'errno' error number when the attempt to open the COMMIT_EDITMSG file is failed

Cristian Peraferrer· Jun 20, 2008, 15:55 UTC · lore

From: Cristian Peraferrer <corellian.c@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 17:24:20 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Added the printing of 'errno' error number when the  
attempt to open the COMMIT_EDITMSG file is failed

Now when the COMMIT_EDITMSG cannot be opened, the die message gives more information to the user by giving the 'errno' number.

Signed-off-by: Cristian Peraferrer <corellian.c@gmail.com>
---
  builtin-commit.c |    3 ++-
  1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

Show changes to builtin-commit.c +2 −1

diff --git a/builtin-commit.c b/builtin-commit.c
index 90200ed..a33f43a 100644
--- a/builtin-commit.c
+++ b/builtin-commit.c
@@ -502,7 +502,8 @@ static int prepare_to_commit(const char  
*index_file, const char *prefix)

  	fp = fopen(git_path(commit_editmsg), "w");
  	if (fp == NULL)
-		die("could not open %s", git_path(commit_editmsg));
+		die("could not open %s: %s",
+		    git_path(commit_editmsg), strerror(errno));

  	if (cleanup_mode != CLEANUP_NONE)
  		stripspace(&sb, 0);

-- 
1.5.5

patchAdded the printing of 'errno' error number when the attempt to open the COMMIT_EDITMSG file is failed