diff --git a/builtin-add.c b/builtin-add.c
index 096b611b5b0eef1c5a96dcaddc21aa874bdaee29..0cb9c812006ba4826122b57b9732e895b0eed905 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin-add.c
+++ b/builtin-add.c
git_config(git_default_config);
- newfd = hold_lock_file_for_update(&lock_file, get_index_file());
- if (newfd < 0)
- die("unable to create new index file");
+ newfd = hold_lock_file_for_update(&lock_file, get_index_file(), 1);
if (read_cache() < 0)
die("index file corrupt");