Running git clone --single-branch --mirror -b TAGNAME previously triggered the following error message: fatal: multiple updates for ref 'refs/tags/TAGNAME' not allowed. This error condition is handled in files_initial_transaction_commit(). 42c7f7ff9 ("commit_packed_refs(): remove call to `packed_refs_unlock()`", 2017-06-23) introduced incorrect unlocking in the error path of this function, which changes the error message to fatal: BUG: packed_refs_unlock() called when not locked Move the call to packed_refs_unlock() above the "cleanup:" label since the unlocking should only be done in the last error path. Signed-off-by: Mathias Rav <m@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- refs/files-backend.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/refs/files-backend.c b/refs/files-backend.c index a80d60aa0..afe5c4e94 100644 --- a/refs/files-backend.c +++ b/refs/files-backend.c @@ -2874,13 +2874,12 @@ static int files_initial_transaction_commit(struct ref_store *ref_store, if (initial_ref_transaction_commit(packed_transaction, err)) { ret = TRANSACTION_GENERIC_ERROR; - goto cleanup; } + packed_refs_unlock(refs->packed_ref_store); cleanup: if (packed_transaction) ref_transaction_free(packed_transaction); - packed_refs_unlock(refs->packed_ref_store); transaction->state = REF_TRANSACTION_CLOSED; string_list_clear(&affected_refnames, 0); return ret; -- 2.15.1