git clone <url> C:\cygwin\home\USER\repo' is working (again)

diff --git a/builtin/get-tar-commit-id.c b/builtin/get-tar-commit-id.c
index e21c5416cd478eab3b0dddcba5ca9eeefad83d34..2706fcfaf2261e2ac2eaff5a054d0dd7a9291c0b 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin/get-tar-commit-id.c
+++ b/builtin/get-tar-commit-id.c
@@ -26,15 +26,16 @@ int cmd_get_tar_commit_id(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
                usage(builtin_get_tar_commit_id_usage);
 
        n = read_in_full(0, buffer, HEADERSIZE);
-       if (n < HEADERSIZE)
-               die("git get-tar-commit-id: read error");
+       if (n < 0)
+               die_errno("git get-tar-commit-id: read error");
+       if (n != HEADERSIZE)
+               die_errno("git get-tar-commit-id: EOF before reading tar header");
        if (header->typeflag[0] != 'g')
                return 1;
        if (!skip_prefix(content, "52 comment=", &comment))
                return 1;
 
-       n = write_in_full(1, comment, 41);
-       if (n < 41)
+       if (write_in_full(1, comment, 41) < 0)
                die_errno("git get-tar-commit-id: write error");
 
        return 0;