In the repo_refresh_and_write_index of read-cache.c, we return -1 to indicate that writing the index to disk failed. However, callers do not use this information. Commands such as stash print "could not write index" and then exit, which does not help to discover the exact problem. We can let repo_hold_locked_index print the error message if the locking failed. Signed-off-by: Han Young <hanyang.tony@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- read-cache.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/read-cache.c b/read-cache.c index 73f83a7e7a..874f87d040 100644 --- a/read-cache.c +++ b/read-cache.c @@ -1485,7 +1485,7 @@ int repo_refresh_and_write_index(struct repository *repo, struct lock_file lock_file = LOCK_INIT; int fd, ret = 0; - fd = repo_hold_locked_index(repo, &lock_file, 0); + fd = repo_hold_locked_index(repo, &lock_file, gentle ? 0 : LOCK_REPORT_ON_ERROR); if (!gentle && fd < 0) return -1; if (refresh_index(repo->index, refresh_flags, pathspec, seen, header_msg)) -- 2.48.1
