Without this, if the size of refs_file at that point is ever an exact multiple of BUFSIZ, then an EIO or ENOSPC error on the final write would not be diagnosed. It's not worth worrying about EPIPE here. Although theoretically possible that someone kill this process with a manual SIGPIPE, it's not at all likely. Signed-off-by: Jim Meyering <jim@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- builtin-pack-refs.c | 2 ++ 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/builtin-pack-refs.c b/builtin-pack-refs.c index 1952950..7584992 100644 --- a/builtin-pack-refs.c +++ b/builtin-pack-refs.c @@ -105,6 +105,8 @@ static int pack_refs(unsigned int flags) fprintf(cbdata.refs_file, "# pack-refs with: peeled \n"); for_each_ref(handle_one_ref, &cbdata); + if (ferror(cbdata.refs_file)) + die("failed to write ref-pack file"); if (fflush(cbdata.refs_file) || fsync(fd) || fclose(cbdata.refs_file)) die("failed to write ref-pack file (%s)", strerror(errno)); if (commit_lock_file(&packed) < 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