refs.c: make sure log_ref_setup returns a meaningful errno

diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index 67a0217a8d3e9e985d4b3d51a2819ee8eb8d4101..9ea519c3fd6a0d0dcd786729b9d57d5fbc791760 100644 (file)
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -2751,6 +2751,7 @@ static int copy_msg(char *buf, const char *msg)
        return cp - buf;
 }
 
+/* This function must set a meaningful errno on failure */
 int log_ref_setup(const char *refname, char *logfile, int bufsize)
 {
        int logfd, oflags = O_APPEND | O_WRONLY;
@@ -2761,9 +2762,12 @@ int log_ref_setup(const char *refname, char *logfile, int bufsize)
             starts_with(refname, "refs/remotes/") ||
             starts_with(refname, "refs/notes/") ||
             !strcmp(refname, "HEAD"))) {
-               if (safe_create_leading_directories(logfile) < 0)
-                       return error("unable to create directory for %s",
-                                    logfile);
+               if (safe_create_leading_directories(logfile) < 0) {
+                       int save_errno = errno;
+                       error("unable to create directory for %s", logfile);
+                       errno = save_errno;
+                       return -1;
+               }
                oflags |= O_CREAT;
        }
 
@@ -2774,15 +2778,22 @@ int log_ref_setup(const char *refname, char *logfile, int bufsize)
 
                if ((oflags & O_CREAT) && errno == EISDIR) {
                        if (remove_empty_directories(logfile)) {
-                               return error("There are still logs under '%s'",
-                                            logfile);
+                               int save_errno = errno;
+                               error("There are still logs under '%s'",
+                                     logfile);
+                               errno = save_errno;
+                               return -1;
                        }
                        logfd = open(logfile, oflags, 0666);
                }
 
-               if (logfd < 0)
-                       return error("Unable to append to %s: %s",
-                                    logfile, strerror(errno));
+               if (logfd < 0) {
+                       int save_errno = errno;
+                       error("Unable to append to %s: %s", logfile,
+                             strerror(errno));
+                       errno = save_errno;
+                       return -1;
+               }
        }
 
        adjust_shared_perm(logfile);