Merge branch 'th/diff-extra'

diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index 28a93946050d9825ca86b833b6c77368a4bcc94b..86ef91661400376f6bdc2af37fac7982f8872df9 100644 (file)
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -319,13 +319,7 @@ static struct ref_lock *lock_ref_sha1_basic(const char *path,
 
        if (safe_create_leading_directories(lock->ref_file))
                die("unable to create directory for %s", lock->ref_file);
-       lock->lock_fd = hold_lock_file_for_update(lock->lk, lock->ref_file);
-       if (lock->lock_fd < 0) {
-               error("Couldn't open lock file %s: %s",
-                     lock->lk->filename, strerror(errno));
-               unlock_ref(lock);
-               return NULL;
-       }
+       lock->lock_fd = hold_lock_file_for_update(lock->lk, lock->ref_file, 1);
 
        return old_sha1 ? verify_lock(lock, old_sha1, mustexist) : lock;
 }