On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 01:27:08AM -0700, Yue Lin Ho wrote: > I see that refresh() of update_index.c calls setup_work_tree() to change dir > to working tree. > And the dir is not changed back to git dir before commit_lock_file() or > rollback_lock_file() is called. > > So, commit_lock_file() rename file failed. > or rollback_lock_file() delete file failed. I think you're on the right track. Although the problem is hold_locked_index() in cmd_update_index() when the index path is relative. After setup_work_tree(), the saved path points to a wrong place and can't be unlinked anymore. This patch seems to fix it -- 8< -- diff --git a/lockfile.c b/lockfile.c index 2a800ce..69fe837 100644 --- a/lockfile.c +++ b/lockfile.c @@ -264,7 +264,8 @@ int commit_lock_file(struct lock_file *lk) int hold_locked_index(struct lock_file *lk, int die_on_error) { - return hold_lock_file_for_update(lk, get_index_file(), + return hold_lock_file_for_update(lk, + absolute_path(get_index_file()), die_on_error ? LOCK_DIE_ON_ERROR : 0); -- 8< -- We could turn all lockfile's path absolute when setup_work_tree() moves pwd, but that seems dangerous without looking through how all lockfiles are used. -- Duy -- 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