Re: [PATCH v2] setup.c: use die_errno() when chdir() system call fails

[Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>]

Gatla Vishweshwar Reddy <gatlavishweshwarreddy26@gmail.com> writes:

Make sure that v(N+1) patch is sent as a reply to vN patch, so that
people who look at vN immediately notice there is a newer iteration
and they should spend their time on it rather than the stale one.

> When chdir() fails, the errno value contains the reason for the
> failure. Using die() instead of die_errno() loses this information,
> making it harder to diagnose failures. Switch to die_errno() to
> include the system error message in the output.
>
> Signed-off-by: Gatla Vishweshwar Reddy <gatlavishweshwarreddy26@gmail.com>

Perfect.

> ---
>  setup.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> diff --git a/setup.c b/setup.c
> index b4652651df..e2e98d1126 100644
> --- a/setup.c
> +++ b/setup.c
> @@ -1954,13 +1954,13 @@ const char *setup_git_directory_gently(struct repository *repo, int *nongit_ok)
>  		break;
>  	case GIT_DIR_DISCOVERED:
>  		if (dir.len < cwd.len && chdir(dir.buf))
> -			die(_("cannot change to '%s'"), dir.buf);
> +			die_errno(_("cannot change to '%s'"), dir.buf);
>  		prefix = setup_discovered_git_dir(repo, gitdir.buf, &cwd, dir.len,
>  						  &repo_fmt, nongit_ok);
>  		break;
>  	case GIT_DIR_BARE:
>  		if (dir.len < cwd.len && chdir(dir.buf))
> -			die(_("cannot change to '%s'"), dir.buf);
> +			die_errno(_("cannot change to '%s'"), dir.buf);
>  		prefix = setup_bare_git_dir(repo, &cwd, dir.len, &repo_fmt, nongit_ok);
>  		break;
>  	case GIT_DIR_HIT_CEILING:

Will queue.  Thanks.