From 6ffd567bec439e7809ee0966556bd5e72fb78de4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 23:27:54 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] improve error message in config.c
Show errno if opening a lockfile fails.
Signed-off-by: Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
---
config.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index 563a91594d..f76a78311e 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -1001,7 +1001,7 @@ int git_config_set_multivar(const char* key, const char* value,
lock = xcalloc(sizeof(struct lock_file), 1);
fd = hold_lock_file_for_update(lock, config_filename, 0);
if (fd < 0) {
- error("could not lock config file %s", config_filename);
+ error("could not lock config file %s: %s", config_filename, strerror(errno));
free(store.key);
ret = -1;
goto out_free;