SQUASH???

builtin/sparse-checkout.c

@@ -328,39 +328,40 @@ static int write_patterns_and_update(struct pattern_list *pl)
 	char *sparse_filename;
 	FILE *fp;
 	struct lock_file lk = LOCK_INIT;
-	int result;
+	int result = 0;
 
 	sparse_filename = get_sparse_checkout_filename();
 
 	if (safe_create_leading_directories(sparse_filename))
 		die(_("failed to create directory for sparse-checkout file"));
 
 	hold_lock_file_for_update(&lk, sparse_filename, LOCK_DIE_ON_ERROR);
-	free(sparse_filename);
 
 	result = update_working_directory(pl);
 	if (result) {
 		rollback_lock_file(&lk);
 		clear_pattern_list(pl);
 		update_working_directory(NULL);
-		return result;
+		goto out;
 	}
 
 	fp = fdopen_lock_file(&lk, "w");
 	if (!fp)
-		die_errno(_("unable to fdopen %s"), get_lock_file_path(&lk));
+		die_errno(_("unable to fdopen %s"), sparse_filename);
 
 	if (core_sparse_checkout_cone)
 		write_cone_to_file(fp, pl);
 	else
 		write_patterns_to_file(fp, pl);
 
 	if (commit_lock_file(&lk))
-		die_errno(_("unable to write %s"), get_locked_file_path(&lk));
+		die_errno(_("unable to write %s"), sparse_filename);
 
 	clear_pattern_list(pl);
 
-	return 0;
+out:
+	free(sparse_filename);
+	return result;
 }
 
 enum sparse_checkout_mode {