On Sun, Jul 11, 2021 at 6:30 PM Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > This EBUSY was set in 835e3c992fd (refs.c: verify_lock should set > errno to something meaningful, 2014-06-20) to fix a bug in code that > was later refactored in cd94f765720 (fetch.c: change s_update_ref to > use a ref transaction, 2014-04-28) to not use errno at all, the two > were a part of the same series. > > So this was only ever needed for an intra-series bugfix, and we kept > it around for no reason. Removing it makes subsequent commits where we > refactor code surrounding verify_lock() (which may use errno) easier > to reason about. > diff --git a/refs/files-backend.c b/refs/files-backend.c > index a4e9344ac8b..abed0572fea 100644 > --- a/refs/files-backend.c > +++ b/refs/files-backend.c > @@ -880,9 +880,7 @@ static int verify_lock(struct ref_store *ref_store, struct ref_lock *lock, > mustexist ? RESOLVE_REF_READING : 0, > &lock->old_oid, NULL)) { > if (old_oid) { > - int save_errno = errno; > strbuf_addf(err, "can't verify ref '%s'", lock->ref_name); > - errno = save_errno; your message talks about EBUSY, and that change looks good, but how does it relate to this change? -- Han-Wen Nienhuys - Google Munich I work 80%. Don't expect answers from me on Fridays. -- Google Germany GmbH, Erika-Mann-Strasse 33, 80636 Munich Registergericht und -nummer: Hamburg, HRB 86891 Sitz der Gesellschaft: Hamburg Geschäftsführer: Paul Manicle, Halimah DeLaine Prado