On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 12:06 PM, Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@xxxxxx> wrote: > To be truly useful, the sequencer should never die() but always return > an error. > > Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@xxxxxx> > --- > diff --git a/sequencer.c b/sequencer.c > @@ -180,17 +180,20 @@ static void print_advice(int show_hint, struct replay_opts *opts) > -static void write_message(struct strbuf *msgbuf, const char *filename) > +static int write_message(struct strbuf *msgbuf, const char *filename) > { > static struct lock_file msg_file; > > - int msg_fd = hold_lock_file_for_update(&msg_file, filename, > - LOCK_DIE_ON_ERROR); > + int msg_fd = hold_lock_file_for_update(&msg_file, filename, 0); > + if (msg_fd < 0) > + return error_errno(_("Could not lock '%s'"), filename); > if (write_in_full(msg_fd, msgbuf->buf, msgbuf->len) < 0) > - die_errno(_("Could not write to %s"), filename); > + return error_errno(_("Could not write to %s"), filename); Does this need to rollback the lockfile before returning[*]? [*] I'm not terribly familiar with the lockfile mechanism and I don't have a lot of time to study it presently, so ignore me if this is a stupid question. > strbuf_release(msgbuf); > if (commit_lock_file(&msg_file) < 0) > - die(_("Error wrapping up %s."), filename); > + return error(_("Error wrapping up %s."), filename); > + > + return 0; > } -- 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