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); The error string says what ref it was trying to update, so die("%s", err.buf); should be enough. (E.g., fatal: refs/tags/v1.0: cannot lock the ref would become fatal: Cannot lock the ref 'refs/tags/v1.0'. instead of fatal: refs/tags/v1.0: cannot update the ref: Cannot lock the ref 'refs/tags/v1.0'. .) 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