On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 2:18 PM, Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Ronnie Sahlberg wrote: > >> --- a/builtin/replace.c >> +++ b/builtin/replace.c > [...] >> @@ -156,11 +157,12 @@ static int replace_object_sha1(const char *object_ref, >> else if (!force) >> die("replace ref '%s' already exists", ref); >> >> - lock = lock_any_ref_for_update(ref, prev, 0, NULL); >> - if (!lock) >> - die("%s: cannot lock the ref", ref); >> - if (write_ref_sha1(lock, repl, NULL) < 0) >> - die("%s: cannot update the ref", ref); >> + transaction = ref_transaction_begin(); >> + if (!transaction || >> + ref_transaction_update(transaction, ref, repl, prev, >> + 0, !is_null_sha1(prev)) || >> + ref_transaction_commit(transaction, NULL, &err)) >> + die("%s: failed to replace ref: %s", ref, err.buf); > > This would write > > fatal: refs/replace/09c779943364d893c190066c385e6112af421db3: failed to replace ref: Cannot lock the ref 'refs/replace/09c779943364d893c190066c385e6112af421db3'. > > Perhaps something like > > $ git replace foo bar > fatal: replace foo: Cannot lock the ref 'refs/replace/09c779943364d893c190066c385e6112af421db3'. > > would make sense (die("replace %s: %s", object_ref, err.buf)). Plain > > $ git replace foo bar > fatal: Cannot lock the ref 'refs/replace/09c779943364d893c190066c385e6112af421db3'. > > also seems fine (die("%s", err.buf)). Done. I used : die("%s", err.buf) since this is consistent with most of the other if-transaction-failed-die() > > 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