saved = shared_repository;
                                shared_repository = 0;
                                switch (safe_create_leading_directories_const(argv[0])) {
-                               case -3:
+                               case SCLD_OK:
+                               case SCLD_PERMS:
+                                       break;
+                               case SCLD_EXISTS:
                                        errno = EEXIST;
                                        /* fallthru */
-                               case -1:
-                                       die_errno(_("cannot mkdir %s"), argv[0]);
-                                       break;
                                default:
+                                       die_errno(_("cannot mkdir %s"), argv[0]);
                                        break;
                                }
                                shared_repository = saved;