On Tue, Dec 21 2021, Han Xin wrote: > From: Han Xin <hanxin.hx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > [...] > @@ -1854,17 +1876,48 @@ static int create_tmpfile(struct strbuf *tmp, const char *filename) > strbuf_reset(tmp); > strbuf_add(tmp, filename, dirlen - 1); > if (mkdir(tmp->buf, 0777) && errno != EEXIST) > - return -1; > + break; > if (adjust_shared_perm(tmp->buf)) > - return -1; > + break; > > /* Try again */ > strbuf_addstr(tmp, "/tmp_obj_XXXXXX"); > fd = git_mkstemp_mode(tmp->buf, 0444); > + } while (0); > + > + if (fd < 0 && !(flags & HASH_SILENT)) { > + if (errno == EACCES) > + return error(_("insufficient permission for adding an " > + "object to repository database %s"), > + get_object_directory()); This should be an error_errno() instead, ... > + else > + return error_errno(_("unable to create temporary file")); ...and we can just fold this whole if/else into one condition with a briefer message, e.g.: error_errno(_("unable to add object to '%s'"), get_object_directory()); Or whatever, unless there's another bug here where you inverted these conditions, and the "else" really should not use "error_errno" but "error".... (I don't know...)