lock->ref_file = strdup(path);
lock->lock_file = strdup(mkpath("%s.lock", lock->ref_file));
lock->log_file = strdup(git_path("logs/%s", lock->ref_file + plen));
- lock->force_write = !lstat(lock->ref_file, &st) || errno == ENOENT;
+ lock->force_write = lstat(lock->ref_file, &st) && errno == ENOENT;
if (safe_create_leading_directories(lock->lock_file))
die("unable to create directory for %s", lock->lock_file);