Part of the bug revealed in the last commit is that resolve_ref_unsafe() incorrectly returns EISDIR if it finds a directory in the place where it is looking for a loose reference, even if the corresponding packed reference exists. lock_ref_sha1_basic() notices the bogus EISDIR, and use it as an indication that it should call remove_empty_directories() and call resolve_ref_unsafe() again. But resolve_ref_unsafe() shouldn't report EISDIR in this case. If we would simply make that change, then remove_empty_directories() wouldn't get called anymore, and the empty directory would get in the way when commit_ref() calls commit_lock_file() to rename the lockfile into place. So instead of relying on lock_ref_sha1_basic() to delete empty directories, teach commit_ref(), just before calling commit_lock_file(), to check whether a directory is in the way, and if so, try to delete it. Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- refs/files-backend.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+) diff --git a/refs/files-backend.c b/refs/files-backend.c index 1f38076..ad9cd86 100644 --- a/refs/files-backend.c +++ b/refs/files-backend.c @@ -2457,6 +2457,30 @@ static int close_ref(struct ref_lock *lock) static int commit_ref(struct ref_lock *lock) { + char *path = get_locked_file_path(lock->lk); + struct stat st; + + if (!lstat(path, &st) && S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) { + /* + * There is a directory at the path we want to rename + * the lockfile to. Hopefully it is empty; try to + * delete it. + */ + size_t len = strlen(path); + struct strbuf sb_path = STRBUF_INIT; + + strbuf_attach(&sb_path, path, len, len); + + /* + * If this fails, commit_lock_file() will also fail + * and will report the problem. + */ + remove_empty_directories(&sb_path); + strbuf_release(&sb_path); + } else { + free(path); + } + if (commit_lock_file(lock->lk)) return -1; return 0; -- 2.8.1 -- 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