refs.c: make resolve_ref_unsafe set errno to something meaningful on error

Making errno when returning from resolve_ref_unsafe() meaningful,
which should fix

 * a bug in lock_ref_sha1_basic, where it assumes EISDIR
   means it failed due to a directory being in the way

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>

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
index 8b12aa8766..e7ec6267bd 100644
--- a/cache.h
+++ b/cache.h
@@ -979,7 +979,7 @@ extern int read_ref(const char *refname, unsigned char *sha1);
  * NULL.  If more than MAXDEPTH recursive symbolic lookups are needed,
  * give up and return NULL.
  *
- * errno is sometimes set on errors, but not always.
+ * errno is set to something meaningful on error.
  */
 extern const char *resolve_ref_unsafe(const char *ref, unsigned char *sha1, int reading, int *flag);
 extern char *resolve_refdup(const char *ref, unsigned char *sha1, int reading, int *flag);