refs.c: make remove_empty_directories always set errno to something sane

Making errno when returning from remove_empty_directories() more
obviously meaningful, which should provide some peace of mind for
people auditing lock_ref_sha1_basic.

Signed-off-by: Ronnie Sahlberg <sahlberg@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Acked-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>

diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index a48f805128382808cbb0ffc905d09b60348a988f..cc6958141cc9568838fec2e7a83dd2d1055434da 100644 (file)
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -1960,14 +1960,16 @@ static int remove_empty_directories(const char *file)
         * only empty directories), remove them.
         */
        struct strbuf path;
-       int result;
+       int result, save_errno;
 
        strbuf_init(&path, 20);
        strbuf_addstr(&path, file);
 
        result = remove_dir_recursively(&path, REMOVE_DIR_EMPTY_ONLY);
+       save_errno = errno;
 
        strbuf_release(&path);
+       errno = save_errno;
 
        return result;
 }
@@ -2056,6 +2058,7 @@ int dwim_log(const char *str, int len, unsigned char *sha1, char **log)
        return logs_found;
 }
 
+/* This function should make sure errno is meaningful on error */
 static struct ref_lock *lock_ref_sha1_basic(const char *refname,
                                            const unsigned char *old_sha1,
                                            int flags, int *type_p)