Merge branch 'maint-1.6.0' into maint-1.6.1
[gitweb.git] / lockfile.c
index 6d756086939b631ab13bf4fcdb8deed2787eed6b..8e556ff8c9671864db44dc8b6f4a861bd35142a6 100644 (file)
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ static int lock_file(struct lock_file *lk, const char *path, int flags)
                        signal(SIGHUP, remove_lock_file_on_signal);
                        signal(SIGTERM, remove_lock_file_on_signal);
                        signal(SIGQUIT, remove_lock_file_on_signal);
+                       signal(SIGPIPE, remove_lock_file_on_signal);
                        atexit(remove_lock_file);
                }
                lk->owner = getpid();
@@ -157,11 +158,25 @@ static int lock_file(struct lock_file *lk, const char *path, int flags)
        return lk->fd;
 }
 
+
+NORETURN void unable_to_lock_index_die(const char *path, int err)
+{
+       if (errno == EEXIST) {
+               die("Unable to create '%s.lock': %s.\n\n"
+                   "If no other git process is currently running, this probably means a\n"
+                   "git process crashed in this repository earlier. Make sure no other git\n"
+                   "process is running and remove the file manually to continue.",
+                   path, strerror(err));
+       } else {
+               die("Unable to create '%s.lock': %s", path, strerror(err));
+       }
+}
+
 int hold_lock_file_for_update(struct lock_file *lk, const char *path, int flags)
 {
        int fd = lock_file(lk, path, flags);
        if (fd < 0 && (flags & LOCK_DIE_ON_ERROR))
-               die("unable to create '%s.lock': %s", path, strerror(errno));
+               unable_to_lock_index_die(path, errno);
        return fd;
 }