This failure to catch the failure of write_ref_sha1 was noticed
by Bill Lear. The ref will not update if the log file could not
be appended to (due to file permissions problems). Such a failure
should be flagged as a failure to update the ref, so that the client
knows the push did not succeed.
Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <redacted>
---
receive-pack.c | 5 ++++-
1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/receive-pack.c b/receive-pack.c
index 7f1dcc0..dda9854 100644
--- a/receive-pack.c
+++ b/receive-pack.c
@@ -158,7 +158,10 @@ static int update(struct command *cmd)
cmd->error_string = "failed to lock";
return error("failed to lock %s", name);
}
- write_ref_sha1(lock, new_sha1, "push");
+ if (write_ref_sha1(lock, new_sha1, "push")) {
+ cmd->error_string = "failed to write";
+ return -1; /* error() already called */
+ }
fprintf(stderr, "%s: %s -> %s\n", name, old_hex, new_hex);
}
return 0;--
1.5.0.3.895.g09890