diff --git a/builtin-update-ref.c b/builtin-update-ref.c
index 1461937cb987ec18a0b91e7c1084063c7174f3ae..5ee960bf41c4518b6c5530acb123a7ed668538fc 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin-update-ref.c
+++ b/builtin-update-ref.c
lock = lock_any_ref_for_update(refname, oldval ? oldsha1 : NULL);
if (!lock)
- return 1;
+ die("%s: cannot lock the ref", refname);
if (write_ref_sha1(lock, sha1, msg) < 0)
- return 1;
-
- /* write_ref_sha1 always unlocks the ref, no need to do it explicitly */
+ die("%s: cannot update the ref", refname);
return 0;
}