lock_ref_sha1_basic relies on errno beeing set to EISDIR by the call to read() in resolve_ref() to detect directories. But calling read() on a directory under NetBSD returns EPERM, and even succeeds for local filesystems on FreeBSD. Signed-off-by: Dennis Stosberg <dennis@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- refs.c | 6 ++++++ 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c index aa4c4e0..305c1a9 100644 --- a/refs.c +++ b/refs.c @@ -234,6 +234,12 @@ const char *resolve_ref(const char *ref, } } + /* Is it a directory? */ + if (S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) { + errno = EISDIR; + return NULL; + } + /* * Anything else, just open it and try to use it as * a ref -- 1.4.2 - 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