git branch -D: give a better error message when lockfile creation fails
Previously the old error message just told the user that it was not
possible to delete the ref from the packed-refs file. Give instructions
on how to resolve the problem.
Signed-off-by: Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@frugalware.org>
Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index 24865cf..808f56b 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -972,8 +972,10 @@
if (!found)
return 0;
fd = hold_lock_file_for_update(&packlock, git_path("packed-refs"), 0);
- if (fd < 0)
+ if (fd < 0) {
+ unable_to_lock_error(git_path("packed-refs"), errno);
return error("cannot delete '%s' from packed refs", refname);
+ }
for (list = packed_ref_list; list; list = list->next) {
char line[PATH_MAX + 100];
