allow git-update-ref create refs with slashes in names

[git.git] / update-ref.c

diff --git a/update-ref.c b/update-ref.c
index d79dc52..e6fbddb 100644 (file)
--- a/update-ref.c
+++ b/update-ref.c
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ static int re_verify(const char *path, unsigned char *oldsha1, unsigned char *cu
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
        char *hex;
-       const char *refname, *value, *oldval, *path, *lockpath;
+       const char *refname, *value, *oldval, *path;
+       char *lockpath;
        unsigned char sha1[20], oldsha1[20], currsha1[20];
        int fd, written;
 
@@ -49,6 +50,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
        }
        path = strdup(path);
        lockpath = mkpath("%s.lock", path);
+       if (safe_create_leading_directories(lockpath) < 0)
+               die("Unable to create all of %s", lockpath);
 
        fd = open(lockpath, O_CREAT | O_EXCL | O_WRONLY, 0666);
        if (fd < 0)