update-ref --no-deref -d: handle the case when the pointed ref is packed

diff --git a/transport.c b/transport.c
index 6eb65b873afc9dfd457e974b63d88350bb8dc913..35cac441f88737c3b3d50e824a9fc1b9d25aec23 100644 (file)
--- a/transport.c
+++ b/transport.c
@@ -463,17 +463,14 @@ static struct ref *get_refs_via_curl(struct transport *transport)
                run_active_slot(slot);
                if (results.curl_result != CURLE_OK) {
                        strbuf_release(&buffer);
-                       if (missing_target(&results)) {
-                               return NULL;
-                       } else {
-                               error("%s", curl_errorstr);
-                               return NULL;
-                       }
+                       if (missing_target(&results))
+                               die("%s not found: did you run git update-server-info on the server?", refs_url);
+                       else
+                               die("%s download error - %s", refs_url, curl_errorstr);
                }
        } else {
                strbuf_release(&buffer);
-               error("Unable to start request");
-               return NULL;
+               die("Unable to start HTTP request");
        }
 
        data = buffer.buf;
@@ -646,8 +643,8 @@ static int fetch_refs_via_pack(struct transport *transport,
        args.use_thin_pack = data->thin;
        args.include_tag = data->followtags;
        args.verbose = (transport->verbose > 0);
-       args.quiet = args.no_progress = (transport->verbose < 0);
-       args.no_progress = !isatty(1);
+       args.quiet = (transport->verbose < 0);
+       args.no_progress = args.quiet || !isatty(1);
        args.depth = data->depth;
 
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