Q_("the following submodule (or one of its nested "
                             "submodules)\n"
                             "uses a .git directory:",
-                            "the following submodules (or one of its nested "
+                            "the following submodules (or one of their nested "
                             "submodules)\n"
                             "use a .git directory:", files->nr),
                          _("\n(use 'rm -rf' if you really want to remove "
 
 int cmd_rm(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
-       int i, newfd;
+       int i;
        struct pathspec pathspec;
        char *seen;
 
        if (!index_only)
                setup_work_tree();
 
-       newfd = hold_locked_index(&lock_file, 1);
+       hold_locked_index(&lock_file, 1);
 
        if (read_cache() < 0)
                die(_("index file corrupt"));
        }
 
        if (active_cache_changed) {
-               if (write_cache(newfd, active_cache, active_nr) ||
-                   commit_locked_index(&lock_file))
+               if (write_locked_index(&the_index, &lock_file, COMMIT_LOCK))
                        die(_("Unable to write new index file"));
        }