# [PATCH] Added the printing of 'errno' error number when the attempt to open the COMMIT_EDITMSG file is failed 1 messages from 2008-06-20 to 2008-06-20. Participants: Cristian Peraferrer. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/14063 ## Cristian Peraferrer, 2008-06-20 15:55 Subject: [PATCH] Added the printing of 'errno' error number when the attempt to open the COMMIT_EDITMSG file is failed Message-ID: <1D8D9EA1-720A-446D-BA32-E83E88155E0A@gmail.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/1D8D9EA1-720A-446D-BA32-E83E88155E0A%40gmail.com ``` From: Cristian Peraferrer 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 --- builtin-commit.c | 3 ++- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) 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 ```