verify_lock(): report errors via a strbuf

Instead of writing error messages directly to stderr, write them to a "strbuf *err". The caller, lock_ref_sha1_basic(), uses this error reporting convention with all the other callees, and reports its error this way to its callers. Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Michael Haggerty committed May 23, 2015 at 01:34 UTC 33ffc176d65e1e98e1eea262dc7827830c33c56d
1 file changed +12 -7
refs.c
+12 -7
@@ -2221,23 +2221,28 @@ static void unlock_ref(struct ref_lock *lock)
2221 /*
2222 * Verify that the reference locked by lock has the value old_sha1.
2223 * Fail if the reference doesn't exist and mustexist is set. Return 0
2224 - * on success or a negative value on error. This function should make
2225 - * sure errno is meaningful on error.
2224 + * on success. On error, write an error message to err, set errno, and
2225 + * return a negative value.
2226 */
2227 static int verify_lock(struct ref_lock *lock,
2228 - const unsigned char *old_sha1, int mustexist)
2228 + const unsigned char *old_sha1, int mustexist,
2229 + struct strbuf *err)
2230 {
2231 + assert(err);
2232 +
2233 if (read_ref_full(lock->ref_name,
2234 mustexist ? RESOLVE_REF_READING : 0,
2235 lock->old_sha1, NULL)) {
2236 int save_errno = errno;
2234 - error("Can't verify ref %s", lock->ref_name);
2237 + strbuf_addf(err, "Can't verify ref %s", lock->ref_name);
2238 errno = save_errno;
2239 return -1;
2240 }
2241 if (hashcmp(lock->old_sha1, old_sha1)) {
2239 - error("Ref %s is at %s but expected %s", lock->ref_name,
2240 - sha1_to_hex(lock->old_sha1), sha1_to_hex(old_sha1));
2242 + strbuf_addf(err, "Ref %s is at %s but expected %s",
2243 + lock->ref_name,
2244 + sha1_to_hex(lock->old_sha1),
2245 + sha1_to_hex(old_sha1));
2246 errno = EBUSY;
2247 return -1;
2248 }
@@ -2469,7 +2474,7 @@ static struct ref_lock *lock_ref_sha1_basic(const char *refname,
2474 goto error_return;
2475 }
2476 }
2472 - if (old_sha1 && verify_lock(lock, old_sha1, mustexist)) {
2477 + if (old_sha1 && verify_lock(lock, old_sha1, mustexist, err)) {
2478 last_errno = errno;
2479 goto error_return;
2480 }