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1 files changed, 19 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index 67a0217a8..9ea519c3f 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -2751,6 +2751,7 @@ static int copy_msg(char *buf, const char *msg)
return cp - buf;
}
+/* This function must set a meaningful errno on failure */
int log_ref_setup(const char *refname, char *logfile, int bufsize)
{
int logfd, oflags = O_APPEND | O_WRONLY;
@@ -2761,9 +2762,12 @@ int log_ref_setup(const char *refname, char *logfile, int bufsize)
starts_with(refname, "refs/remotes/") ||
starts_with(refname, "refs/notes/") ||
!strcmp(refname, "HEAD"))) {
- if (safe_create_leading_directories(logfile) < 0)
- return error("unable to create directory for %s",
- logfile);
+ if (safe_create_leading_directories(logfile) < 0) {
+ int save_errno = errno;
+ error("unable to create directory for %s", logfile);
+ errno = save_errno;
+ return -1;
+ }
oflags |= O_CREAT;
}
@@ -2774,15 +2778,22 @@ int log_ref_setup(const char *refname, char *logfile, int bufsize)
if ((oflags & O_CREAT) && errno == EISDIR) {
if (remove_empty_directories(logfile)) {
- return error("There are still logs under '%s'",
- logfile);
+ int save_errno = errno;
+ error("There are still logs under '%s'",
+ logfile);
+ errno = save_errno;
+ return -1;
}
logfd = open(logfile, oflags, 0666);
}
- if (logfd < 0)
- return error("Unable to append to %s: %s",
- logfile, strerror(errno));
+ if (logfd < 0) {
+ int save_errno = errno;
+ error("Unable to append to %s: %s", logfile,
+ strerror(errno));
+ errno = save_errno;
+ return -1;
+ }
}
adjust_shared_perm(logfile);