A future caller of read_and_refresh_cache() may want to do more than just print some helpful advice in case of failure. Suggested by Junio Hamano. Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@xxxxxx> --- sequencer.c | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/sequencer.c b/sequencer.c index d92a632..eec8a60 100644 --- a/sequencer.c +++ b/sequencer.c @@ -644,14 +644,18 @@ static int read_and_refresh_cache(struct replay_opts *opts) { static struct lock_file index_lock; int index_fd = hold_locked_index(&index_lock, 0); - if (read_index_preload(&the_index, NULL) < 0) + if (read_index_preload(&the_index, NULL) < 0) { + rollback_lock_file(&index_lock); return error(_("git %s: failed to read the index"), action_name(opts)); + } refresh_index(&the_index, REFRESH_QUIET|REFRESH_UNMERGED, NULL, NULL, NULL); if (the_index.cache_changed && index_fd >= 0) { - if (write_locked_index(&the_index, &index_lock, COMMIT_LOCK)) + if (write_locked_index(&the_index, &index_lock, COMMIT_LOCK)) { + rollback_lock_file(&index_lock); return error(_("git %s: failed to refresh the index"), action_name(opts)); + } } rollback_lock_file(&index_lock); return 0; -- 2.10.0.windows.1.10.g803177d