if (strbuf_read(&buffer, 0, 0) < 0)
                die_errno("git commit-tree: failed to read");
 
-       if (!commit_tree(buffer.buf, tree_sha1, parents, commit_sha1, NULL)) {
-               printf("%s\n", sha1_to_hex(commit_sha1));
-               return 0;
-       }
-       else
+       if (commit_tree(buffer.buf, tree_sha1, parents, commit_sha1, NULL)) {
+               strbuf_release(&buffer);
                return 1;
+       }
+
+       printf("%s\n", sha1_to_hex(commit_sha1));
+       strbuf_release(&buffer);
+       return 0;
 }