1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index b4a3205da3..2894fbb6d0 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -2640,6 +2640,9 @@ int git_config_rename_section_in_file(const char *config_filename,
 	}
 
 	if (!(config_file = fopen(config_filename, "rb"))) {
+		ret = warn_on_fopen_errors(config_filename);
+		if (ret)
+			goto out;
 		/* no config file means nothing to rename, no error */
 		goto commit_and_out;
 	}