add -p: improve error messages

diff --git a/pkt-line.c b/pkt-line.c
index 93ea311443a37b81b85a72dc569c715417d7ef29..2827ca772a3703f71bc588d0f6cacd5caa318fe7 100644 (file)
--- a/pkt-line.c
+++ b/pkt-line.c
@@ -188,6 +188,12 @@ static int packet_write_gently(const int fd_out, const char *buf, size_t size)
        return 0;
 }
 
+void packet_write(int fd_out, const char *buf, size_t size)
+{
+       if (packet_write_gently(fd_out, buf, size))
+               die_errno("packet write failed");
+}
+
 void packet_buf_write(struct strbuf *buf, const char *fmt, ...)
 {
        va_list args;