- newlog_path = git_pathdup("logs/%s.lock", refname);
- cb.newlog = fopen(newlog_path, "w");
+ /*
+ * Even though holding $GIT_DIR/logs/$reflog.lock has
+ * no locking implications, we use the lock_file
+ * machinery here anyway because it does a lot of the
+ * work we need, including cleaning up if the program
+ * exits unexpectedly.
+ */
+ if (hold_lock_file_for_update(&reflog_lock, log_file, 0) < 0) {
+ struct strbuf err = STRBUF_INIT;
+ unable_to_lock_message(log_file, errno, &err);
+ error("%s", err.buf);
+ strbuf_release(&err);
+ goto failure;
+ }
+ cb.newlog = fdopen_lock_file(&reflog_lock, "w");
+ if (!cb.newlog) {
+ error("cannot fdopen %s (%s)",
+ reflog_lock.filename.buf, strerror(errno));
+ goto failure;
+ }