hold_lock_file_for_append(): release lock on errors

If there is an error copying the old contents to the lockfile, roll
back the lockfile before exiting so that the lockfile is not held
until process cleanup.

Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <redacted>
Reviewed-by: Jonathan Nieder <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <redacted>

diff --git a/lockfile.c b/lockfile.c
index d74de8d329a4adc3e9c2b158365292c36a37a10d..f4ce79bc2733b44d85ddb60c65bb710536747330 100644 (file)
--- a/lockfile.c
+++ b/lockfile.c
@@ -219,13 +219,13 @@ int hold_lock_file_for_append(struct lock_file *lk, const char *path, int flags)
                if (errno != ENOENT) {
                        if (flags & LOCK_DIE_ON_ERROR)
                                die("cannot open '%s' for copying", path);
-                       close(fd);
+                       rollback_lock_file(lk);
                        return error("cannot open '%s' for copying", path);
                }
        } else if (copy_fd(orig_fd, fd)) {
                if (flags & LOCK_DIE_ON_ERROR)
                        exit(128);
-               close(fd);
+               rollback_lock_file(lk);
                return -1;
        }
        return fd;