diff --git a/builtin-rm.c b/builtin-rm.c
index 8af3d7eb48e70dc9a640c2e96a058903fb9fddd8..593d86744c41a1f28258b3adb6e6cd556a64b61f 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin-rm.c
+++ b/builtin-rm.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");