X-Git-Url: https://asedeno.scripts.mit.edu/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=lockfile.c;h=828d19f452a8bfffe2ee224a630e8246f4a1edab;hb=8146f19762c8fd67f6df3da4ba87a4e5ea880909;hp=021c3375c10711027269ee58bb9a201bc69c519a;hpb=f39e4cfa2ec2bab4175cee3a9e806d8b65161c75;p=git.git

diff --git a/lockfile.c b/lockfile.c
index 021c3375c..828d19f45 100644
--- a/lockfile.c
+++ b/lockfile.c
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ static char *resolve_symlink(char *p, size_t s)
 			 * link is a relative path, so I must replace the
 			 * last element of p with it.
 			 */
-			char *r = (char*)last_path_elm(p);
+			char *r = (char *)last_path_elm(p);
 			if (r - p + link_len < s)
 				strcpy(r, link);
 			else {
@@ -155,11 +155,25 @@ static int lock_file(struct lock_file *lk, const char *path, int flags)
 	return lk->fd;
 }
 
+
+NORETURN void unable_to_lock_index_die(const char *path, int err)
+{
+	if (err == EEXIST) {
+		die("Unable to create '%s.lock': %s.\n\n"
+		    "If no other git process is currently running, this probably means a\n"
+		    "git process crashed in this repository earlier. Make sure no other git\n"
+		    "process is running and remove the file manually to continue.",
+		    path, strerror(err));
+	} else {
+		die("Unable to create '%s.lock': %s", path, strerror(err));
+	}
+}
+
 int hold_lock_file_for_update(struct lock_file *lk, const char *path, int flags)
 {
 	int fd = lock_file(lk, path, flags);
 	if (fd < 0 && (flags & LOCK_DIE_ON_ERROR))
-		die("unable to create '%s.lock': %s", path, strerror(errno));
+		unable_to_lock_index_die(path, errno);
 	return fd;
 }
 
@@ -170,7 +184,7 @@ int hold_lock_file_for_append(struct lock_file *lk, const char *path, int flags)
 	fd = lock_file(lk, path, flags);
 	if (fd < 0) {
 		if (flags & LOCK_DIE_ON_ERROR)
-			die("unable to create '%s.lock': %s", path, strerror(errno));
+			unable_to_lock_index_die(path, errno);
 		return fd;
 	}