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-rw-r--r--refs/files-backend.c21
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/refs/files-backend.c b/refs/files-backend.c
index 01df32904b..d1af5d6bc7 100644
--- a/refs/files-backend.c
+++ b/refs/files-backend.c
@@ -797,9 +797,24 @@ retry:
goto retry;
} else {
unable_to_lock_message(ref_file.buf, myerr, err);
- if (myerr == EEXIST && ignore_case &&
- transaction_has_case_conflicting_update(transaction, update))
- ret = REF_TRANSACTION_ERROR_CASE_CONFLICT;
+ if (myerr == EEXIST) {
+ if (ignore_case &&
+ transaction_has_case_conflicting_update(transaction, update)) {
+ /*
+ * In case-insensitive filesystems, ensure that conflicts within a
+ * given transaction are handled. Pre-existing refs on a
+ * case-insensitive system will be overridden without any issue.
+ */
+ ret = REF_TRANSACTION_ERROR_CASE_CONFLICT;
+ } else {
+ /*
+ * Pre-existing case-conflicting reference locks should also be
+ * specially categorized to avoid failing all batched updates.
+ */
+ ret = REF_TRANSACTION_ERROR_CREATE_EXISTS;
+ }
+ }
+
goto error_return;
}
}