Teach core object handling functions about gitlinks

diff --git a/builtin-update-ref.c b/builtin-update-ref.c
index b34e5987dd256e0b7d9fae46fe89f66dd18ad91f..5ee960bf41c4518b6c5530acb123a7ed668538fc 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin-update-ref.c
+++ b/builtin-update-ref.c
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ int cmd_update_ref(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
        int i, delete;
 
        delete = 0;
-       setup_ident();
        git_config(git_default_config);
 
        for (i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
@@ -62,10 +61,8 @@ int cmd_update_ref(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 
        lock = lock_any_ref_for_update(refname, oldval ? oldsha1 : NULL);
        if (!lock)
-               return 1;
+               die("%s: cannot lock the ref", refname);
        if (write_ref_sha1(lock, sha1, msg) < 0)
-               return 1;
-
-       /* write_ref_sha1 always unlocks the ref, no need to do it explicitly */
+               die("%s: cannot update the ref", refname);
        return 0;
 }