diff --git a/builtin/update-ref.c b/builtin/update-ref.c
index e9c216e..cdb71a8 100644
--- a/builtin/update-ref.c
+++ b/builtin/update-ref.c
@@ -258,8 +258,9 @@ static const char *parse_cmd_delete(struct strbuf *input, const char *next)
if (*next != line_termination)
die("delete %s: extra input: %s", refname, next);
- ref_transaction_delete(transaction, refname, old_sha1,
- update_flags, have_old);
+ if (ref_transaction_delete(transaction, refname, old_sha1,
+ update_flags, have_old, NULL))
+ die("failed transaction delete for %s", refname);
update_flags = 0;
free(refname);diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index 06a4fed..a588194 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -3417,19 +3417,25 @@ int ref_transaction_create(struct ref_transaction *transaction,
return 0;
}
-void ref_transaction_delete(struct ref_transaction *transaction,
- const char *refname,
- const unsigned char *old_sha1,
- int flags, int have_old)
+int ref_transaction_delete(struct ref_transaction *transaction,
+ const char *refname,
+ const unsigned char *old_sha1,
+ int flags, int have_old,
+ struct strbuf *err)
{
- struct ref_update *update = add_update(transaction, refname);
+ struct ref_update *update;
+ if (have_old && !old_sha1)
+ die("BUG: have_old is true but old_sha1 is NULL");
+
+ update = add_update(transaction, refname);
update->flags = flags;
update->have_old = have_old;
if (have_old) {
assert(!is_null_sha1(old_sha1));
hashcpy(update->old_sha1, old_sha1);
}
+ return 0;
}
int update_ref(const char *action, const char *refname,diff --git a/refs.h b/refs.h
index bcae348..9b978da 100644
--- a/refs.h
+++ b/refs.h
@@ -265,11 +265,15 @@ int ref_transaction_create(struct ref_transaction *transaction,
* Add a reference deletion to transaction. If have_old is true, then
* old_sha1 holds the value that the reference should have had before
* the update (which must not be the null SHA-1).
+ * Function returns 0 on success and non-zero on failure. A failure to delete
+ * means that the transaction as a whole has failed and will need to be
+ * rolled back. On failure the err buffer will be updated.
*/
-void ref_transaction_delete(struct ref_transaction *transaction,
- const char *refname,
- const unsigned char *old_sha1,
- int flags, int have_old);
+int ref_transaction_delete(struct ref_transaction *transaction,
+ const char *refname,
+ const unsigned char *old_sha1,
+ int flags, int have_old,
+ struct strbuf *err);
/*
* Commit all of the changes that have been queued in transaction, as
--
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