From: Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
Date: Sun, 22 May 2016 14:28:18 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: Print better error message (with `fail' rather than `die') if `dgit clone' cannot... 
X-Git-Tag: archive/debian/2.0~375
X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=dgit.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=c225785cc31e19f449fcfa903442b3ad2987a4d5

Print better error message (with `fail' rather than `die') if `dgit clone' cannot create the destination directory.
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diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 4c9e2907..1309610a 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ dgit (1.5~~) unstable; urgency=medium
     directory before running rmtree on it.  Closes:#796773.
   * Do not call "warn" on failure of cleanup handler in END block
     (since warn has been made fatal and aborts the cleanup chain).
+  * Print better error message (with `fail' rather than `die') if
+    `dgit clone' cannot create the destination directory.
 
   Test suite:
   * When sbuild fails, do not crash due to sed not finding the log
diff --git a/dgit b/dgit
index 507be273..9bdd2074 100755
--- a/dgit
+++ b/dgit
@@ -1706,7 +1706,7 @@ sub clone ($) {
     canonicalise_suite();
     badusage "dry run makes no sense with clone" unless act_local();
     my $hasgit = check_for_git();
-    mkdir $dstdir or die "$dstdir $!";
+    mkdir $dstdir or fail "create \`$dstdir': $!";
     changedir $dstdir;
     runcmd @git, qw(init -q);
     my $giturl = access_giturl(1);