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| -rw-r--r-- | refs/files-backend.c | 14 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/refs/files-backend.c b/refs/files-backend.c index b4fa745cd7..dbfd03f989 100644 --- a/refs/files-backend.c +++ b/refs/files-backend.c @@ -251,8 +251,18 @@ static struct packed_ref_cache *read_packed_refs(const char *packed_refs_file) packed_refs->cache->root->flag &= ~REF_INCOMPLETE; f = fopen(packed_refs_file, "r"); - if (!f) - return packed_refs; + if (!f) { + if (errno == ENOENT) { + /* + * This is OK; it just means that no + * "packed-refs" file has been written yet, + * which is equivalent to it being empty. + */ + return packed_refs; + } else { + die_errno("couldn't read %s", packed_refs_file); + } + } stat_validity_update(&packed_refs->validity, fileno(f)); |