if (newfd < 0) {
                        if (refresh_flags & REFRESH_QUIET)
                                exit(128);
-                       die("unable to create '%s.lock': %s",
-                           get_index_file(), strerror(lock_error));
+                       unable_to_lock_index_die(get_index_file(), lock_error);
                }
                if (write_cache(newfd, active_cache, active_nr) ||
                    commit_locked_index(lock_file))