Merge branch 'lr/git-run-setup-gently'
[gitweb.git] / builtin / commit.c
index 9cfef6c6cca61973a4982763e4b834bf1b45cb75..f0b790640d63244d277495856a7019264bb75dcc 100644 (file)
@@ -1672,6 +1672,10 @@ int cmd_commit(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
                                           ? NULL
                                           : current_head->object.sha1,
                                           0, NULL);
+       if (!ref_lock) {
+               rollback_index_files();
+               die(_("cannot lock HEAD ref"));
+       }
 
        nl = strchr(sb.buf, '\n');
        if (nl)
@@ -1681,10 +1685,6 @@ int cmd_commit(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
        strbuf_insert(&sb, 0, reflog_msg, strlen(reflog_msg));
        strbuf_insert(&sb, strlen(reflog_msg), ": ", 2);
 
-       if (!ref_lock) {
-               rollback_index_files();
-               die(_("cannot lock HEAD ref"));
-       }
        if (write_ref_sha1(ref_lock, sha1, sb.buf) < 0) {
                rollback_index_files();
                die(_("cannot update HEAD ref"));