/* write the template message before editing: */
d->edit_path = git_pathdup("NOTES_EDITMSG");
- fd = open(d->edit_path, O_CREAT | O_TRUNC | O_WRONLY, 0600);
- if (fd < 0)
- die_errno(_("could not create file '%s'"), d->edit_path);
+ fd = xopen(d->edit_path, O_CREAT | O_TRUNC | O_WRONLY, 0600);
if (d->given)
write_or_die(fd, d->buf.buf, d->buf.len);