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 > > @@ -929,24 +929,29 @@ static int sequencer_rollback(struct replay_opts *opts) > > -static void save_todo(struct commit_list *todo_list, struct replay_opts *opts) > > +static int save_todo(struct commit_list *todo_list, struct replay_opts *opts) > > { > > static struct lock_file todo_lock; > > struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT; > > int fd; > > > > - fd = hold_lock_file_for_update(&todo_lock, git_path_todo_file(), LOCK_DIE_ON_ERROR); > > + fd = hold_lock_file_for_update(&todo_lock, git_path_todo_file(), 0); > > + if (fd < 0) > > + return error_errno(_("Could not lock '%s'"), > > + git_path_todo_file()); > > if (format_todo(&buf, todo_list, opts) < 0) > > - die(_("Could not format %s."), git_path_todo_file()); > > + return error(_("Could not format %s."), git_path_todo_file()); > > format_todo() doesn't seem to make any promises about the state of the > strbuf upon error, so should this be releasing the strbuf before > returning? Yes, it should. Thank you! > > if (write_in_full(fd, buf.buf, buf.len) < 0) { > > strbuf_release(&buf); > > - die_errno(_("Could not write to %s"), git_path_todo_file()); > > + return error_errno(_("Could not write to %s"), > > + git_path_todo_file()); > > Do the above two new error returns need to rollback the lockfile? As before, atexit() handler to the rescue ;-) 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