#include "tree.h"
 #include "progress.h"
 #include "fsck.h"
+#include "exec_cmd.h"
 
 static const char index_pack_usage[] =
 "git index-pack [-v] [-o <index-file>] [{ ---keep | --keep=<msg> }] [--strict] { <pack-file> | --stdin [--fix-thin] [<pack-file>] }";
                } else
                        output_fd = open(pack_name, O_CREAT|O_EXCL|O_RDWR, 0600);
                if (output_fd < 0)
-                       die("unable to create %s: %s\n", pack_name, strerror(errno));
+                       die("unable to create %s: %s", pack_name, strerror(errno));
                pack_fd = output_fd;
        } else {
                input_fd = open(pack_name, O_RDONLY);
        struct pack_idx_entry **idx_objects;
        unsigned char pack_sha1[20];
 
+       git_extract_argv0_path(argv[0]);
+
        /*
         * We wish to read the repository's config file if any, and
         * for that it is necessary to call setup_git_directory_gently().