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-rw-r--r--builtin-commit.c3
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/builtin-commit.c b/builtin-commit.c
index 90200ed643..a33f43a209 100644
--- a/builtin-commit.c
+++ b/builtin-commit.c
@@ -502,7 +502,8 @@ static int prepare_to_commit(const char *index_file, const char *prefix)
fp = fopen(git_path(commit_editmsg), "w");
if (fp == NULL)
- die("could not open %s", git_path(commit_editmsg));
+ die("could not open %s: %s",
+ git_path(commit_editmsg), strerror(errno));
if (cleanup_mode != CLEANUP_NONE)
stripspace(&sb, 0);