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-rw-r--r--refs/files-backend.c24
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;