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| -rw-r--r-- | refs/files-backend.c | 24 |
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/refs/files-backend.c b/refs/files-backend.c index 1f38076411..ad9cd86457 100644 --- a/refs/files-backend.c +++ b/refs/files-backend.c @@ -2457,6 +2457,30 @@ static int close_ref(struct ref_lock *lock) static int commit_ref(struct ref_lock *lock) { + char *path = get_locked_file_path(lock->lk); + struct stat st; + + if (!lstat(path, &st) && S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) { + /* + * There is a directory at the path we want to rename + * the lockfile to. Hopefully it is empty; try to + * delete it. + */ + size_t len = strlen(path); + struct strbuf sb_path = STRBUF_INIT; + + strbuf_attach(&sb_path, path, len, len); + + /* + * If this fails, commit_lock_file() will also fail + * and will report the problem. + */ + remove_empty_directories(&sb_path); + strbuf_release(&sb_path); + } else { + free(path); + } + if (commit_lock_file(lock->lk)) return -1; return 0; |