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Diffstat (limited to 'refs/files-backend.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | refs/files-backend.c | 11 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/refs/files-backend.c b/refs/files-backend.c index bfdf85121a..4a0343d827 100644 --- a/refs/files-backend.c +++ b/refs/files-backend.c @@ -870,6 +870,7 @@ retry: goto error_return; } else if (remove_dir_recursively(&ref_file, REMOVE_DIR_EMPTY_ONLY)) { + ret = REF_TRANSACTION_ERROR_NAME_CONFLICT; if (refs_verify_refname_available( &refs->base, refname, extras, NULL, 0, err)) { @@ -877,14 +878,14 @@ retry: * The error message set by * verify_refname_available() is OK. */ - ret = REF_TRANSACTION_ERROR_NAME_CONFLICT; goto error_return; } else { /* - * We can't delete the directory, - * but we also don't know of any - * references that it should - * contain. + * Directory conflicts can occur if there + * is an existing lock file in the directory + * or if the filesystem is case-insensitive + * and the directory contains a valid reference + * but conflicts with the update. */ strbuf_addf(err, "there is a non-empty directory '%s' " "blocking reference '%s'", |