If writing or committing the new index file fails, we print "Could not write new index file." followed by "Could not reset index file to revision $rev.". The first message seems to imply the second, so print only the first message. --- builtin/reset.c | 8 +++----- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/builtin/reset.c b/builtin/reset.c index 8e5d097..54e3c5b 100644 --- a/builtin/reset.c +++ b/builtin/reset.c @@ -337,13 +337,11 @@ int cmd_reset(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) int err = reset_index(sha1, reset_type, quiet); if (reset_type == KEEP && !err) err = reset_index(sha1, MIXED, quiet); - if (!err && - (write_cache(newfd, active_cache, active_nr) || - commit_locked_index(lock))) { - err = error(_("Could not write new index file.")); - } if (err) die(_("Could not reset index file to revision '%s'."), rev); + if (write_cache(newfd, active_cache, active_nr) || + commit_locked_index(lock)) + die(_("Could not write new index file.")); } /* Any resets update HEAD to the head being switched to, -- 1.8.1.rc3.331.g1ef2165 -- 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