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-rw-r--r--refs.c10
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index 5ff457ebfc..0347328fda 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -2318,6 +2318,7 @@ static struct ref_lock *lock_ref_sha1_basic(const char *refname,
lock->lock_fd = hold_lock_file_for_update(lock->lk, ref_file, lflags);
if (lock->lock_fd < 0) {
+ last_errno = errno;
if (errno == ENOENT && --attempts_remaining > 0)
/*
* Maybe somebody just deleted one of the
@@ -2325,8 +2326,13 @@ static struct ref_lock *lock_ref_sha1_basic(const char *refname,
* again:
*/
goto retry;
- else
- unable_to_lock_die(ref_file, errno);
+ else {
+ struct strbuf err = STRBUF_INIT;
+ unable_to_lock_message(ref_file, errno, &err);
+ error("%s", err.buf);
+ strbuf_reset(&err);
+ goto error_return;
+ }
}
return old_sha1 ? verify_lock(lock, old_sha1, mustexist) : lock;