diff --git a/update-cache.c b/update-cache.c
index 63815ed658e9c2007938309458444b218c330d68..3d1fd2be7593ac832e40c3f64b207d2bf5318e39 100644 (file)
--- a/update-cache.c
+++ b/update-cache.c
if (allow_remove)
return remove_file_from_cache(path);
}
- return error("open(\"%s\"): %s", path, strerror(errno));
+ if (0 == status)
+ return error("%s: is a directory", path);
+ else
+ return error("lstat(\"%s\"): %s", path,
+ strerror(errno));
}
namelen = strlen(path);
size = cache_entry_size(namelen);
continue;
}
if (add_file_to_cache(path))
- die("Unable to add %s to database", path);
+ die("Unable to add %s to database; maybe you want to use --add option?", path);
}
if (write_cache(newfd, active_cache, active_nr) ||
commit_index_file(&cache_file))