link_alt_odb_entry: refactor string handling

diff --git a/merge.c b/merge.c
index 5db7d56b90c3413bbd831f90de73d3306e10ce2f..23866c91655638d9e1a7213478772b78aa9d7c69 100644 (file)
--- a/merge.c
+++ b/merge.c
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ int checkout_fast_forward(const unsigned char *head,
 
        refresh_cache(REFRESH_QUIET);
 
-       hold_locked_index(lock_file, 1);
+       if (hold_locked_index(lock_file, 0) < 0)
+               return -1;
 
        memset(&trees, 0, sizeof(trees));
        memset(&opts, 0, sizeof(opts));
@@ -90,7 +91,9 @@ int checkout_fast_forward(const unsigned char *head,
        }
        if (unpack_trees(nr_trees, t, &opts))
                return -1;
-       if (write_locked_index(&the_index, lock_file, COMMIT_LOCK))
-               die(_("unable to write new index file"));
+       if (write_locked_index(&the_index, lock_file, COMMIT_LOCK)) {
+               rollback_lock_file(lock_file);
+               return error(_("unable to write new index file"));
+       }
        return 0;
 }