git-describe: --long shows the object name even for a tagged commit
[gitweb.git] / builtin-commit.c
index 0a9101324f422e90651d612666a06a138d06507b..065e1f7b7fbf426210d08062800ed81448a30d4a 100644 (file)
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 #include "cache.h"
 #include "cache-tree.h"
+#include "color.h"
 #include "dir.h"
 #include "builtin.h"
 #include "diff.h"
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@
 #include "utf8.h"
 #include "parse-options.h"
 #include "path-list.h"
+#include "unpack-trees.h"
 
 static const char * const builtin_commit_usage[] = {
        "git-commit [options] [--] <filepattern>...",
@@ -47,8 +49,21 @@ static char *logfile, *force_author, *template_file;
 static char *edit_message, *use_message;
 static int all, edit_flag, also, interactive, only, amend, signoff;
 static int quiet, verbose, untracked_files, no_verify, allow_empty;
+/*
+ * The default commit message cleanup mode will remove the lines
+ * beginning with # (shell comments) and leading and trailing
+ * whitespaces (empty lines or containing only whitespaces)
+ * if editor is used, and only the whitespaces if the message
+ * is specified explicitly.
+ */
+static enum {
+       CLEANUP_SPACE,
+       CLEANUP_NONE,
+       CLEANUP_ALL,
+} cleanup_mode;
+static char *cleanup_arg;
 
-static int no_edit, initial_commit, in_merge;
+static int use_editor = 1, initial_commit, in_merge;
 const char *only_include_assumed;
 struct strbuf message;
 
@@ -88,6 +103,7 @@ static struct option builtin_commit_options[] = {
        OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "amend", &amend, "amend previous commit"),
        OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "untracked-files", &untracked_files, "show all untracked files"),
        OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "allow-empty", &allow_empty, "ok to record an empty change"),
+       OPT_STRING(0, "cleanup", &cleanup_arg, "default", "how to strip spaces and #comments from message"),
 
        OPT_END()
 };
@@ -107,19 +123,23 @@ static void rollback_index_files(void)
        }
 }
 
-static void commit_index_files(void)
+static int commit_index_files(void)
 {
+       int err = 0;
+
        switch (commit_style) {
        case COMMIT_AS_IS:
                break; /* nothing to do */
        case COMMIT_NORMAL:
-               commit_lock_file(&index_lock);
+               err = commit_lock_file(&index_lock);
                break;
        case COMMIT_PARTIAL:
-               commit_lock_file(&index_lock);
+               err = commit_lock_file(&index_lock);
                rollback_lock_file(&false_lock);
                break;
        }
+
+       return err;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -141,7 +161,7 @@ static int list_paths(struct path_list *list, const char *with_tree,
 
        for (i = 0; i < active_nr; i++) {
                struct cache_entry *ce = active_cache[i];
-               if (ce->ce_flags & htons(CE_UPDATE))
+               if (ce->ce_flags & CE_UPDATE)
                        continue;
                if (!pathspec_match(pattern, m, ce->name, 0))
                        continue;
@@ -163,10 +183,34 @@ static void add_remove_files(struct path_list *list)
        }
 }
 
+static void create_base_index(void)
+{
+       struct tree *tree;
+       struct unpack_trees_options opts;
+       struct tree_desc t;
+
+       if (initial_commit) {
+               discard_cache();
+               return;
+       }
+
+       memset(&opts, 0, sizeof(opts));
+       opts.head_idx = 1;
+       opts.index_only = 1;
+       opts.merge = 1;
+
+       opts.fn = oneway_merge;
+       tree = parse_tree_indirect(head_sha1);
+       if (!tree)
+               die("failed to unpack HEAD tree object");
+       parse_tree(tree);
+       init_tree_desc(&t, tree->buffer, tree->size);
+       unpack_trees(1, &t, &opts);
+}
+
 static char *prepare_index(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
        int fd;
-       struct tree *tree;
        struct path_list partial;
        const char **pathspec = NULL;
 
@@ -198,7 +242,8 @@ static char *prepare_index(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
                int fd = hold_locked_index(&index_lock, 1);
                add_files_to_cache(0, also ? prefix : NULL, pathspec);
                refresh_cache(REFRESH_QUIET);
-               if (write_cache(fd, active_cache, active_nr) || close(fd))
+               if (write_cache(fd, active_cache, active_nr) ||
+                   close_lock_file(&index_lock))
                        die("unable to write new_index file");
                commit_style = COMMIT_NORMAL;
                return index_lock.filename;
@@ -217,7 +262,7 @@ static char *prepare_index(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
                fd = hold_locked_index(&index_lock, 1);
                refresh_cache(REFRESH_QUIET);
                if (write_cache(fd, active_cache, active_nr) ||
-                   close(fd) || commit_locked_index(&index_lock))
+                   commit_locked_index(&index_lock))
                        die("unable to write new_index file");
                commit_style = COMMIT_AS_IS;
                return get_index_file();
@@ -259,24 +304,24 @@ static char *prepare_index(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
        fd = hold_locked_index(&index_lock, 1);
        add_remove_files(&partial);
        refresh_cache(REFRESH_QUIET);
-       if (write_cache(fd, active_cache, active_nr) || close(fd))
+       if (write_cache(fd, active_cache, active_nr) ||
+           close_lock_file(&index_lock))
                die("unable to write new_index file");
 
        fd = hold_lock_file_for_update(&false_lock,
                                       git_path("next-index-%d", getpid()), 1);
-       discard_cache();
-       if (!initial_commit) {
-               tree = parse_tree_indirect(head_sha1);
-               if (!tree)
-                       die("failed to unpack HEAD tree object");
-               if (read_tree(tree, 0, NULL))
-                       die("failed to read HEAD tree object");
-       }
+
+       create_base_index();
        add_remove_files(&partial);
        refresh_cache(REFRESH_QUIET);
 
-       if (write_cache(fd, active_cache, active_nr) || close(fd))
+       if (write_cache(fd, active_cache, active_nr) ||
+           close_lock_file(&false_lock))
                die("unable to write temporary index file");
+
+       discard_cache();
+       read_cache_from(false_lock.filename);
+
        return false_lock.filename;
 }
 
@@ -303,50 +348,113 @@ static int run_status(FILE *fp, const char *index_file, const char *prefix, int
        return s.commitable;
 }
 
+static int run_hook(const char *index_file, const char *name, ...)
+{
+       struct child_process hook;
+       const char *argv[10], *env[2];
+       char index[PATH_MAX];
+       va_list args;
+       int i;
+
+       va_start(args, name);
+       argv[0] = git_path("hooks/%s", name);
+       i = 0;
+       do {
+               if (++i >= ARRAY_SIZE(argv))
+                       die ("run_hook(): too many arguments");
+               argv[i] = va_arg(args, const char *);
+       } while (argv[i]);
+       va_end(args);
+
+       snprintf(index, sizeof(index), "GIT_INDEX_FILE=%s", index_file);
+       env[0] = index;
+       env[1] = NULL;
+
+       if (access(argv[0], X_OK) < 0)
+               return 0;
+
+       memset(&hook, 0, sizeof(hook));
+       hook.argv = argv;
+       hook.no_stdin = 1;
+       hook.stdout_to_stderr = 1;
+       hook.env = env;
+
+       return run_command(&hook);
+}
+
+static int is_a_merge(const unsigned char *sha1)
+{
+       struct commit *commit = lookup_commit(sha1);
+       if (!commit || parse_commit(commit))
+               die("could not parse HEAD commit");
+       return !!(commit->parents && commit->parents->next);
+}
+
 static const char sign_off_header[] = "Signed-off-by: ";
 
-static int prepare_log_message(const char *index_file, const char *prefix)
+static int prepare_to_commit(const char *index_file, const char *prefix)
 {
        struct stat statbuf;
        int commitable, saved_color_setting;
        struct strbuf sb;
        char *buffer;
        FILE *fp;
+       const char *hook_arg1 = NULL;
+       const char *hook_arg2 = NULL;
+
+       if (!no_verify && run_hook(index_file, "pre-commit", NULL))
+               return 0;
 
        strbuf_init(&sb, 0);
        if (message.len) {
                strbuf_addbuf(&sb, &message);
+               hook_arg1 = "message";
        } else if (logfile && !strcmp(logfile, "-")) {
                if (isatty(0))
                        fprintf(stderr, "(reading log message from standard input)\n");
                if (strbuf_read(&sb, 0, 0) < 0)
                        die("could not read log from standard input");
+               hook_arg1 = "message";
        } else if (logfile) {
                if (strbuf_read_file(&sb, logfile, 0) < 0)
                        die("could not read log file '%s': %s",
                            logfile, strerror(errno));
+               hook_arg1 = "message";
        } else if (use_message) {
                buffer = strstr(use_message_buffer, "\n\n");
                if (!buffer || buffer[2] == '\0')
                        die("commit has empty message");
                strbuf_add(&sb, buffer + 2, strlen(buffer + 2));
+               hook_arg1 = "commit";
+               hook_arg2 = use_message;
        } else if (!stat(git_path("MERGE_MSG"), &statbuf)) {
                if (strbuf_read_file(&sb, git_path("MERGE_MSG"), 0) < 0)
                        die("could not read MERGE_MSG: %s", strerror(errno));
+               hook_arg1 = "merge";
        } else if (!stat(git_path("SQUASH_MSG"), &statbuf)) {
                if (strbuf_read_file(&sb, git_path("SQUASH_MSG"), 0) < 0)
                        die("could not read SQUASH_MSG: %s", strerror(errno));
+               hook_arg1 = "squash";
        } else if (template_file && !stat(template_file, &statbuf)) {
                if (strbuf_read_file(&sb, template_file, 0) < 0)
                        die("could not read %s: %s",
                            template_file, strerror(errno));
+               hook_arg1 = "template";
        }
 
+       /*
+        * This final case does not modify the template message,
+        * it just sets the argument to the prepare-commit-msg hook.
+        */
+       else if (in_merge)
+               hook_arg1 = "merge";
+
        fp = fopen(git_path(commit_editmsg), "w");
        if (fp == NULL)
                die("could not open %s", git_path(commit_editmsg));
 
-       stripspace(&sb, 0);
+       if (cleanup_mode != CLEANUP_NONE)
+               stripspace(&sb, 0);
 
        if (signoff) {
                struct strbuf sob;
@@ -372,53 +480,99 @@ static int prepare_log_message(const char *index_file, const char *prefix)
 
        strbuf_release(&sb);
 
-       if (no_edit) {
-               struct rev_info rev;
-               unsigned char sha1[40];
+       if (use_editor) {
+               if (in_merge)
+                       fprintf(fp,
+                               "#\n"
+                               "# It looks like you may be committing a MERGE.\n"
+                               "# If this is not correct, please remove the file\n"
+                               "#      %s\n"
+                               "# and try again.\n"
+                               "#\n",
+                               git_path("MERGE_HEAD"));
 
-               fclose(fp);
+               fprintf(fp,
+                       "\n"
+                       "# Please enter the commit message for your changes.\n"
+                       "# (Comment lines starting with '#' will ");
+               if (cleanup_mode == CLEANUP_ALL)
+                       fprintf(fp, "not be included)\n");
+               else /* CLEANUP_SPACE, that is. */
+                       fprintf(fp, "be kept.\n"
+                               "# You can remove them yourself if you want to)\n");
+               if (only_include_assumed)
+                       fprintf(fp, "# %s\n", only_include_assumed);
+
+               saved_color_setting = wt_status_use_color;
+               wt_status_use_color = 0;
+               commitable = run_status(fp, index_file, prefix, 1);
+               wt_status_use_color = saved_color_setting;
+       } else {
+               struct rev_info rev;
+               unsigned char sha1[20];
+               const char *parent = "HEAD";
 
                if (!active_nr && read_cache() < 0)
                        die("Cannot read index");
 
-               if (get_sha1("HEAD", sha1) != 0)
-                       return !!active_nr;
+               if (amend)
+                       parent = "HEAD^1";
 
-               init_revisions(&rev, "");
-               rev.abbrev = 0;
-               setup_revisions(0, NULL, &rev, "HEAD");
-               DIFF_OPT_SET(&rev.diffopt, QUIET);
-               DIFF_OPT_SET(&rev.diffopt, EXIT_WITH_STATUS);
-               run_diff_index(&rev, 1 /* cached */);
+               if (get_sha1(parent, sha1))
+                       commitable = !!active_nr;
+               else {
+                       init_revisions(&rev, "");
+                       rev.abbrev = 0;
+                       setup_revisions(0, NULL, &rev, parent);
+                       DIFF_OPT_SET(&rev.diffopt, QUIET);
+                       DIFF_OPT_SET(&rev.diffopt, EXIT_WITH_STATUS);
+                       run_diff_index(&rev, 1 /* cached */);
 
-               return !!DIFF_OPT_TST(&rev.diffopt, HAS_CHANGES);
+                       commitable = !!DIFF_OPT_TST(&rev.diffopt, HAS_CHANGES);
+               }
        }
 
-       if (in_merge && !no_edit)
-               fprintf(fp,
-                       "#\n"
-                       "# It looks like you may be committing a MERGE.\n"
-                       "# If this is not correct, please remove the file\n"
-                       "#      %s\n"
-                       "# and try again.\n"
-                       "#\n",
-                       git_path("MERGE_HEAD"));
-
-       fprintf(fp,
-               "\n"
-               "# Please enter the commit message for your changes.\n"
-               "# (Comment lines starting with '#' will not be included)\n");
-       if (only_include_assumed)
-               fprintf(fp, "# %s\n", only_include_assumed);
-
-       saved_color_setting = wt_status_use_color;
-       wt_status_use_color = 0;
-       commitable = run_status(fp, index_file, prefix, 1);
-       wt_status_use_color = saved_color_setting;
-
        fclose(fp);
 
-       return commitable;
+       if (!commitable && !in_merge && !allow_empty &&
+           !(amend && is_a_merge(head_sha1))) {
+               run_status(stdout, index_file, prefix, 0);
+               unlink(commit_editmsg);
+               return 0;
+       }
+
+       /*
+        * Re-read the index as pre-commit hook could have updated it,
+        * and write it out as a tree.  We must do this before we invoke
+        * the editor and after we invoke run_status above.
+        */
+       discard_cache();
+       read_cache_from(index_file);
+       if (!active_cache_tree)
+               active_cache_tree = cache_tree();
+       if (cache_tree_update(active_cache_tree,
+                             active_cache, active_nr, 0, 0) < 0) {
+               error("Error building trees");
+               return 0;
+       }
+
+       if (run_hook(index_file, "prepare-commit-msg",
+                    git_path(commit_editmsg), hook_arg1, hook_arg2, NULL))
+               return 0;
+
+       if (use_editor) {
+               char index[PATH_MAX];
+               const char *env[2] = { index, NULL };
+               snprintf(index, sizeof(index), "GIT_INDEX_FILE=%s", index_file);
+               launch_editor(git_path(commit_editmsg), NULL, env);
+       }
+
+       if (!no_verify &&
+           run_hook(index_file, "commit-msg", git_path(commit_editmsg), NULL)) {
+               return 0;
+       }
+
+       return 1;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -431,10 +585,13 @@ static int message_is_empty(struct strbuf *sb, int start)
        const char *nl;
        int eol, i;
 
+       if (cleanup_mode == CLEANUP_NONE && sb->len)
+               return 0;
+
        /* See if the template is just a prefix of the message. */
        strbuf_init(&tmpl, 0);
        if (template_file && strbuf_read_file(&tmpl, template_file, 0) > 0) {
-               stripspace(&tmpl, 1);
+               stripspace(&tmpl, cleanup_mode == CLEANUP_ALL);
                if (start + tmpl.len <= sb->len &&
                    memcmp(tmpl.buf, sb->buf + start, tmpl.len) == 0)
                        start += tmpl.len;
@@ -509,9 +666,11 @@ static int parse_and_validate_options(int argc, const char *argv[],
        argc = parse_options(argc, argv, builtin_commit_options, usage, 0);
 
        if (logfile || message.len || use_message)
-               no_edit = 1;
+               use_editor = 0;
        if (edit_flag)
-               no_edit = 0;
+               use_editor = 1;
+       if (!use_editor)
+               setenv("GIT_EDITOR", ":", 1);
 
        if (get_sha1("HEAD", head_sha1))
                initial_commit = 1;
@@ -548,7 +707,7 @@ static int parse_and_validate_options(int argc, const char *argv[],
 
                if (get_sha1(use_message, sha1))
                        die("could not lookup commit %s", use_message);
-               commit = lookup_commit(sha1);
+               commit = lookup_commit_reference(sha1);
                if (!commit || parse_commit(commit))
                        die("could not parse commit %s", use_message);
 
@@ -587,6 +746,16 @@ static int parse_and_validate_options(int argc, const char *argv[],
                only_include_assumed = "Explicit paths specified without -i nor -o; assuming --only paths...";
                also = 0;
        }
+       if (!cleanup_arg || !strcmp(cleanup_arg, "default"))
+               cleanup_mode = use_editor ? CLEANUP_ALL : CLEANUP_SPACE;
+       else if (!strcmp(cleanup_arg, "verbatim"))
+               cleanup_mode = CLEANUP_NONE;
+       else if (!strcmp(cleanup_arg, "whitespace"))
+               cleanup_mode = CLEANUP_SPACE;
+       else if (!strcmp(cleanup_arg, "strip"))
+               cleanup_mode = CLEANUP_ALL;
+       else
+               die("Invalid cleanup mode %s", cleanup_arg);
 
        if (all && argc > 0)
                die("Paths with -a does not make sense.");
@@ -603,6 +772,9 @@ int cmd_status(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 
        git_config(git_status_config);
 
+       if (wt_status_use_color == -1)
+               wt_status_use_color = git_use_color_default;
+
        argc = parse_and_validate_options(argc, argv, builtin_status_usage);
 
        index_file = prepare_index(argc, argv, prefix);
@@ -614,31 +786,6 @@ int cmd_status(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
        return commitable ? 0 : 1;
 }
 
-static int run_hook(const char *index_file, const char *name, const char *arg)
-{
-       struct child_process hook;
-       const char *argv[3], *env[2];
-       char index[PATH_MAX];
-
-       argv[0] = git_path("hooks/%s", name);
-       argv[1] = arg;
-       argv[2] = NULL;
-       snprintf(index, sizeof(index), "GIT_INDEX_FILE=%s", index_file);
-       env[0] = index;
-       env[1] = NULL;
-
-       if (access(argv[0], X_OK) < 0)
-               return 0;
-
-       memset(&hook, 0, sizeof(hook));
-       hook.argv = argv;
-       hook.no_stdin = 1;
-       hook.stdout_to_stderr = 1;
-       hook.env = env;
-
-       return run_command(&hook);
-}
-
 static void print_summary(const char *prefix, const unsigned char *sha1)
 {
        struct rev_info rev;
@@ -680,6 +827,8 @@ static void print_summary(const char *prefix, const unsigned char *sha1)
 int git_commit_config(const char *k, const char *v)
 {
        if (!strcmp(k, "commit.template")) {
+               if (!v)
+                       return config_error_nonbool(v);
                template_file = xstrdup(v);
                return 0;
        }
@@ -687,19 +836,22 @@ int git_commit_config(const char *k, const char *v)
        return git_status_config(k, v);
 }
 
-static int is_a_merge(const unsigned char *sha1)
-{
-       struct commit *commit = lookup_commit(sha1);
-       if (!commit || parse_commit(commit))
-               die("could not parse HEAD commit");
-       return !!(commit->parents && commit->parents->next);
-}
-
 static const char commit_utf8_warn[] =
 "Warning: commit message does not conform to UTF-8.\n"
 "You may want to amend it after fixing the message, or set the config\n"
 "variable i18n.commitencoding to the encoding your project uses.\n";
 
+static void add_parent(struct strbuf *sb, const unsigned char *sha1)
+{
+       struct object *obj = parse_object(sha1);
+       const char *parent = sha1_to_hex(sha1);
+       if (!obj)
+               die("Unable to find commit parent %s", parent);
+       if (obj->type != OBJ_COMMIT)
+               die("Parent %s isn't a proper commit", parent);
+       strbuf_addf(sb, "parent %s\n", parent);
+}
+
 int cmd_commit(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
        int header_len;
@@ -715,33 +867,13 @@ int cmd_commit(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 
        index_file = prepare_index(argc, argv, prefix);
 
-       if (!no_verify && run_hook(index_file, "pre-commit", NULL)) {
+       /* Set up everything for writing the commit object.  This includes
+          running hooks, writing the trees, and interacting with the user.  */
+       if (!prepare_to_commit(index_file, prefix)) {
                rollback_index_files();
                return 1;
        }
 
-       if (!prepare_log_message(index_file, prefix) && !in_merge &&
-           !allow_empty && !(amend && is_a_merge(head_sha1))) {
-               run_status(stdout, index_file, prefix, 0);
-               rollback_index_files();
-               unlink(commit_editmsg);
-               return 1;
-       }
-
-       /*
-        * Re-read the index as pre-commit hook could have updated it,
-        * and write it out as a tree.
-        */
-       discard_cache();
-       read_cache_from(index_file);
-       if (!active_cache_tree)
-               active_cache_tree = cache_tree();
-       if (cache_tree_update(active_cache_tree,
-                             active_cache, active_nr, 0, 0) < 0) {
-               rollback_index_files();
-               die("Error building trees");
-       }
-
        /*
         * The commit object
         */
@@ -762,21 +894,24 @@ int cmd_commit(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
                        die("could not parse HEAD commit");
 
                for (c = commit->parents; c; c = c->next)
-                       strbuf_addf(&sb, "parent %s\n",
-                                     sha1_to_hex(c->item->object.sha1));
+                       add_parent(&sb, c->item->object.sha1);
        } else if (in_merge) {
                struct strbuf m;
                FILE *fp;
 
                reflog_msg = "commit (merge)";
-               strbuf_addf(&sb, "parent %s\n", sha1_to_hex(head_sha1));
+               add_parent(&sb, head_sha1);
                strbuf_init(&m, 0);
                fp = fopen(git_path("MERGE_HEAD"), "r");
                if (fp == NULL)
                        die("could not open %s for reading: %s",
                            git_path("MERGE_HEAD"), strerror(errno));
-               while (strbuf_getline(&m, fp, '\n') != EOF)
-                       strbuf_addf(&sb, "parent %s\n", m.buf);
+               while (strbuf_getline(&m, fp, '\n') != EOF) {
+                       unsigned char sha1[20];
+                       if (get_sha1_hex(m.buf, sha1) < 0)
+                               die("Corrupt MERGE_HEAD file (%s)", m.buf);
+                       add_parent(&sb, sha1);
+               }
                fclose(fp);
                strbuf_release(&m);
        } else {
@@ -790,19 +925,8 @@ int cmd_commit(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
                strbuf_addf(&sb, "encoding %s\n", git_commit_encoding);
        strbuf_addch(&sb, '\n');
 
-       /* Get the commit message and validate it */
+       /* Finally, get the commit message */
        header_len = sb.len;
-       if (!no_edit) {
-               char index[PATH_MAX];
-               const char *env[2] = { index, NULL };
-               snprintf(index, sizeof(index), "GIT_INDEX_FILE=%s", index_file);
-               launch_editor(git_path(commit_editmsg), NULL, env);
-       }
-       if (!no_verify &&
-           run_hook(index_file, "commit-msg", git_path(commit_editmsg))) {
-               rollback_index_files();
-               exit(1);
-       }
        if (strbuf_read_file(&sb, git_path(commit_editmsg), 0) < 0) {
                rollback_index_files();
                die("could not read commit message");
@@ -813,7 +937,8 @@ int cmd_commit(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
        if (p != NULL)
                strbuf_setlen(&sb, p - sb.buf + 1);
 
-       stripspace(&sb, 1);
+       if (cleanup_mode != CLEANUP_NONE)
+               stripspace(&sb, cleanup_mode == CLEANUP_ALL);
        if (sb.len < header_len || message_is_empty(&sb, header_len)) {
                rollback_index_files();
                die("no commit message?  aborting commit.");
@@ -851,8 +976,12 @@ int cmd_commit(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 
        unlink(git_path("MERGE_HEAD"));
        unlink(git_path("MERGE_MSG"));
+       unlink(git_path("SQUASH_MSG"));
 
-       commit_index_files();
+       if (commit_index_files())
+               die ("Repository has been updated, but unable to write\n"
+                    "new_index file. Check that disk is not full or quota is\n"
+                    "not exceeded, and then \"git reset HEAD\" to recover.");
 
        rerere();
        run_hook(get_index_file(), "post-commit", NULL);