This cleans up the error path in the function so it does not die() itself sometimes while signalling an error with NULL some other times which was inconsistent and confusing. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@xxxxxxx> --- refs.c | 26 ++++++++++++++++++-------- 1 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c index 6ee5f96..157de43 100644 --- a/refs.c +++ b/refs.c @@ -561,6 +561,7 @@ static struct ref_lock *lock_ref_sha1_ba const char *orig_ref = ref; struct ref_lock *lock; struct stat st; + int last_errno = 0; int mustexist = (old_sha1 && !is_null_sha1(old_sha1)); lock = xcalloc(1, sizeof(struct ref_lock)); @@ -574,17 +575,18 @@ static struct ref_lock *lock_ref_sha1_ba * to remain. */ ref_file = git_path("%s", orig_ref); - if (remove_empty_directories(ref_file)) - die("there are still refs under '%s'", orig_ref); + if (remove_empty_directories(ref_file)) { + last_errno = errno; + error("there are still refs under '%s'", orig_ref); + goto error_return; + } ref = resolve_ref(orig_ref, lock->old_sha1, mustexist, NULL); } if (!ref) { - int last_errno = errno; + last_errno = errno; error("unable to resolve reference %s: %s", orig_ref, strerror(errno)); - unlock_ref(lock); - errno = last_errno; - return NULL; + goto error_return; } lock->lk = xcalloc(1, sizeof(struct lock_file)); @@ -593,11 +595,19 @@ static struct ref_lock *lock_ref_sha1_ba ref_file = git_path("%s", ref); lock->force_write = lstat(ref_file, &st) && errno == ENOENT; - if (safe_create_leading_directories(ref_file)) - die("unable to create directory for %s", ref_file); + if (safe_create_leading_directories(ref_file)) { + last_errno = errno; + error("unable to create directory for %s", ref_file); + goto error_return; + } lock->lock_fd = hold_lock_file_for_update(lock->lk, ref_file, 1); return old_sha1 ? verify_lock(lock, old_sha1, mustexist) : lock; + + error_return: + unlock_ref(lock); + errno = last_errno; + return NULL; } struct ref_lock *lock_ref_sha1(const char *ref, const unsigned char *old_sha1) -- 1.4.2.1.g5a98f - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html