Ronnie Sahlberg wrote: > --- a/builtin/tag.c > +++ b/builtin/tag.c > @@ -701,11 +702,12 @@ int cmd_tag(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) > if (annotate) > create_tag(object, tag, &buf, &opt, prev, object); > > - lock = lock_any_ref_for_update(ref.buf, prev, 0, NULL); > - if (!lock) > - die(_("%s: cannot lock the ref"), ref.buf); > - if (write_ref_sha1(lock, object, NULL) < 0) > - die(_("%s: cannot update the ref"), ref.buf); > + transaction = ref_transaction_begin(); > + if (!transaction || > + ref_transaction_update(transaction, ref.buf, object, prev, > + 0, !is_null_sha1(prev)) || > + ref_transaction_commit(transaction, NULL, &err)) > + die(_("%s: cannot update the ref: %s"), ref.buf, err.buf); Makes sense for the _update and _commit case. (BTW, why is have_old a separate boolean instead of a bit in flags?) For the _begin() case, can ref_transaction_begin() ever fail? xcalloc die()s on allocation failure. So I think it's fine to assume transaction is non-null (i.e., drop the !transaction condition), or if you want to be defensive, then label it as a bug --- e.g.: if (!transaction) die("BUG: ref_transaction_begin() returned NULL?"); Otherwise if ref_transaction_begin regresses in the future and this case is tripped then the message would be fatal: refs/tags/v1.0: cannot update the ref: which is not as obvious an indicator that the user should contact the mailing list. Thanks, Jonathan -- 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