Change update_ref_write to also update an error strbuf on failure. This makes the error available to ref_transaction_commit callers if the transaction failed due to update_ref_sha1/write_ref_sha1 failures. Reviewed-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Ronnie Sahlberg <sahlberg@xxxxxxxxxx> --- refs.c | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c index dd498cf..6696082 100644 --- a/refs.c +++ b/refs.c @@ -3343,10 +3343,13 @@ static struct ref_lock *update_ref_lock(const char *refname, static int update_ref_write(const char *action, const char *refname, const unsigned char *sha1, struct ref_lock *lock, - enum action_on_err onerr) + struct strbuf *err, enum action_on_err onerr) { if (write_ref_sha1(lock, sha1, action) < 0) { const char *str = "Cannot update the ref '%s'."; + if (err) + strbuf_addf(err, str, refname); + switch (onerr) { case UPDATE_REFS_MSG_ON_ERR: error(str, refname); break; case UPDATE_REFS_DIE_ON_ERR: die(str, refname); break; @@ -3467,7 +3470,7 @@ int update_ref(const char *action, const char *refname, lock = update_ref_lock(refname, oldval, flags, NULL, onerr); if (!lock) return 1; - return update_ref_write(action, refname, sha1, lock, onerr); + return update_ref_write(action, refname, sha1, lock, NULL, onerr); } static int ref_update_compare(const void *r1, const void *r2) @@ -3549,7 +3552,7 @@ int ref_transaction_commit(struct ref_transaction *transaction, ret = update_ref_write(msg, update->refname, update->new_sha1, - update->lock, onerr); + update->lock, err, onerr); update->lock = NULL; /* freed by update_ref_write */ if (ret) goto cleanup; -- 2.0.0.582.ge25c160 -- 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