Hi Eric, On Wed, 24 Aug 2016, Eric Sunshine wrote: > On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 12:07 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 > > @@ -844,18 +844,22 @@ static int create_seq_dir(void) > > -static void save_head(const char *head) > > +static int save_head(const char *head) > > { > > static struct lock_file head_lock; > > struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT; > > int fd; > > > > - fd = hold_lock_file_for_update(&head_lock, git_path_head_file(), LOCK_DIE_ON_ERROR); > > + fd = hold_lock_file_for_update(&head_lock, git_path_head_file(), 0); > > + if (fd < 0) > > + return error_errno(_("Could not lock HEAD")); > > strbuf_addf(&buf, "%s\n", head); > > if (write_in_full(fd, buf.buf, buf.len) < 0) > > - die_errno(_("Could not write to %s"), git_path_head_file()); > > + return error_errno(_("Could not write to %s"), > > + git_path_head_file()); > > Does this need to rollback the lockfile before returning? Again, this is handled by the atexit() handler, as before. Thanks! Dscho -- 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