diff --git a/builtin/update-ref.c b/builtin/update-ref.c
index 2bef2a0..59c4d6b 100644
--- a/builtin/update-ref.c
+++ b/builtin/update-ref.c
@@ -197,8 +197,9 @@ static const char *parse_cmd_update(struct strbuf *input, const char *next)
if (*next != line_termination)
die("update %s: extra input: %s", refname, next);
- ref_transaction_update(transaction, refname, new_sha1, old_sha1,
- update_flags, have_old);
+ if (ref_transaction_update(transaction, refname, new_sha1, old_sha1,
+ update_flags, have_old))
+ die("update %s: failed", refname);
update_flags = 0;
free(refname);@@ -286,8 +287,9 @@ static const char *parse_cmd_verify(struct strbuf *input, const char *next)
if (*next != line_termination)
die("verify %s: extra input: %s", refname, next);
- ref_transaction_update(transaction, refname, new_sha1, old_sha1,
- update_flags, have_old);
+ if (ref_transaction_update(transaction, refname, new_sha1, old_sha1,
+ update_flags, have_old))
+ die("failed transaction update for %s", refname);
update_flags = 0;
free(refname);diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index 308e13e..1a903fb 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -3333,19 +3333,24 @@ static struct ref_update *add_update(struct ref_transaction *transaction,
return update;
}
-void ref_transaction_update(struct ref_transaction *transaction,
+int ref_transaction_update(struct ref_transaction *transaction,
const char *refname,
const unsigned char *new_sha1,
const unsigned char *old_sha1,
int flags, int have_old)
{
- struct ref_update *update = add_update(transaction, refname);
+ struct ref_update *update;
+
+ if (have_old && !old_sha1)
+ die("have_old is true but old_sha1 is NULL");
+ update = add_update(transaction, refname);
hashcpy(update->new_sha1, new_sha1);
update->flags = flags;
update->have_old = have_old;
if (have_old)
hashcpy(update->old_sha1, old_sha1);
+ return 0;
}
void ref_transaction_create(struct ref_transaction *transaction,diff --git a/refs.h b/refs.h
index bc7715e..0364a3e 100644
--- a/refs.h
+++ b/refs.h
@@ -237,11 +237,11 @@ void ref_transaction_rollback(struct ref_transaction *transaction);
* that the reference should have had before the update, or zeros if
* it must not have existed beforehand.
*/
-void ref_transaction_update(struct ref_transaction *transaction,
- const char *refname,
- const unsigned char *new_sha1,
- const unsigned char *old_sha1,
- int flags, int have_old);
+int ref_transaction_update(struct ref_transaction *transaction,
+ const char *refname,
+ const unsigned char *new_sha1,
+ const unsigned char *old_sha1,
+ int flags, int have_old);
/*
* Add a reference creation to transaction. new_sha1 is the value
--
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