refs.c: make sure log_ref_setup returns a meaningful errno

Making errno when returning from log_ref_setup() meaningful,

Signed-off-by: Ronnie Sahlberg <sahlberg@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Acked-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>

2 files changed, 22 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index 67a0217a8d..9ea519c3fd 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -2751,6 +2751,7 @@ static int copy_msg(char *buf, const char *msg)
 	return cp - buf;
 }
 
+/* This function must set a meaningful errno on failure */
 int log_ref_setup(const char *refname, char *logfile, int bufsize)
 {
 	int logfd, oflags = O_APPEND | O_WRONLY;
@@ -2761,9 +2762,12 @@ int log_ref_setup(const char *refname, char *logfile, int bufsize)
 	     starts_with(refname, "refs/remotes/") ||
 	     starts_with(refname, "refs/notes/") ||
 	     !strcmp(refname, "HEAD"))) {
-		if (safe_create_leading_directories(logfile) < 0)
-			return error("unable to create directory for %s",
-				     logfile);
+		if (safe_create_leading_directories(logfile) < 0) {
+			int save_errno = errno;
+			error("unable to create directory for %s", logfile);
+			errno = save_errno;
+			return -1;
+		}
 		oflags |= O_CREAT;
 	}
 
@@ -2774,15 +2778,22 @@ int log_ref_setup(const char *refname, char *logfile, int bufsize)
 
 		if ((oflags & O_CREAT) && errno == EISDIR) {
 			if (remove_empty_directories(logfile)) {
-				return error("There are still logs under '%s'",
-					     logfile);
+				int save_errno = errno;
+				error("There are still logs under '%s'",
+				      logfile);
+				errno = save_errno;
+				return -1;
 			}
 			logfd = open(logfile, oflags, 0666);
 		}
 
-		if (logfd < 0)
-			return error("Unable to append to %s: %s",
-				     logfile, strerror(errno));
+		if (logfd < 0) {
+			int save_errno = errno;
+			error("Unable to append to %s: %s", logfile,
+			      strerror(errno));
+			errno = save_errno;
+			return -1;
+		}
 	}
 
 	adjust_shared_perm(logfile);
diff --git a/refs.h b/refs.h
index 65f76376fe..82cc5cb2a1 100644
--- a/refs.h
+++ b/refs.h
@@ -158,7 +158,9 @@ extern void unlock_ref(struct ref_lock *lock);
 /** Writes sha1 into the ref specified by the lock. **/
 extern int write_ref_sha1(struct ref_lock *lock, const unsigned char *sha1, const char *msg);
 
-/** Setup reflog before using. **/
+/*
+ * Setup reflog before using. Set errno to something meaningful on failure.
+ */
 int log_ref_setup(const char *refname, char *logfile, int bufsize);
 
 /** Reads log for the value of ref during at_time. **/