Merge branch 'master' into pb/gitpm

[git.git] / refs.c

diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index 56db394459cec2cd156ee2243a1dbac33867f926..02850b69083f793becacc59a0da97a8f69367e4e 100644 (file)
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -294,6 +294,7 @@ static struct ref_lock *lock_ref_sha1_basic(const char *path,
        int plen,
        const unsigned char *old_sha1, int mustexist)
 {
+       const char *orig_path = path;
        struct ref_lock *lock;
        struct stat st;
 
@@ -303,7 +304,11 @@ static struct ref_lock *lock_ref_sha1_basic(const char *path,
        plen = strlen(path) - plen;
        path = resolve_ref(path, lock->old_sha1, mustexist);
        if (!path) {
+               int last_errno = errno;
+               error("unable to resolve reference %s: %s",
+                       orig_path, strerror(errno));
                unlock_ref(lock);
+               errno = last_errno;
                return NULL;
        }
        lock->lk = xcalloc(1, sizeof(struct lock_file));