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authorMiklos Vajna <vmiklos@frugalware.org>2009-09-27 01:15:09 +0200
committerShawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>2009-09-29 08:14:47 -0700
commit1b018fd9be290fd6a70ce3093ab1dc1abce74e00 (patch)
tree4961e8dec3da9cd76e3d79b57c24c3cdf97d2c35 /refs.c
parent6bbfd1fa98b0c1fa1684bd35e64404799f0cc2b3 (diff)
downloadgit-1b018fd9be290fd6a70ce3093ab1dc1abce74e00.tar.gz
git branch -D: give a better error message when lockfile creation fails
Previously the old error message just told the user that it was not possible to delete the ref from the packed-refs file. Give instructions on how to resolve the problem. Signed-off-by: Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@frugalware.org> Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'refs.c')
-rw-r--r--refs.c4
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index 24865cf5a6..808f56bb27 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -972,8 +972,10 @@ static int repack_without_ref(const char *refname)
if (!found)
return 0;
fd = hold_lock_file_for_update(&packlock, git_path("packed-refs"), 0);
- if (fd < 0)
+ if (fd < 0) {
+ unable_to_lock_error(git_path("packed-refs"), errno);
return error("cannot delete '%s' from packed refs", refname);
+ }
for (list = packed_ref_list; list; list = list->next) {
char line[PATH_MAX + 100];