Call ref_transaction_commit with QUIET_ON_ERR and use the strbuf that is returned to print a log message if/after the transaction fails. Reviewed-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Ronnie Sahlberg <sahlberg@xxxxxxxxxx> --- builtin/update-ref.c | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/builtin/update-ref.c b/builtin/update-ref.c index 22617af..aec9004 100644 --- a/builtin/update-ref.c +++ b/builtin/update-ref.c @@ -342,6 +342,7 @@ int cmd_update_ref(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) const char *refname, *oldval, *msg = NULL; unsigned char sha1[20], oldsha1[20]; int delete = 0, no_deref = 0, read_stdin = 0, end_null = 0, flags = 0; + struct strbuf err = STRBUF_INIT; struct option options[] = { OPT_STRING( 'm', NULL, &msg, N_("reason"), N_("reason of the update")), OPT_BOOL('d', NULL, &delete, N_("delete the reference")), @@ -359,18 +360,17 @@ int cmd_update_ref(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) die("Refusing to perform update with empty message."); if (read_stdin) { - int ret; transaction = ref_transaction_begin(); - if (delete || no_deref || argc > 0) usage_with_options(git_update_ref_usage, options); if (end_null) line_termination = '\0'; update_refs_stdin(); - ret = ref_transaction_commit(transaction, msg, NULL, - UPDATE_REFS_DIE_ON_ERR); + if (ref_transaction_commit(transaction, msg, &err, + UPDATE_REFS_QUIET_ON_ERR)) + die("%s", err.buf); ref_transaction_free(transaction); - return ret; + return 0; } if (end_null) -- 2.0.0.282.g3799eda.dirty -- 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