test-delta: close output descriptor after use

After we write to the output file, the program exits. This naturally
closes the descriptor. But we should do an explicit close for two
reasons:

  1. It's possible to hit an error on close(), which we should detect
     and report via our exit code.

  2. Leaking descriptors is a bad practice in general. Even if it isn't
     meaningful here, it sets a bad example.

It is tempting to write:

  if (write_in_full(fd, ...) < 0 || close(fd) < 0)
        die_errno(...);

But that pattern contains a subtle problem that has resulted in
descriptor leaks before. If write_in_full() fails, we'll short-circuit
and never call close(), leaking the descriptor.

That's not a problem here, since our error path dies instead of
returning up the stack. But since we're trying to set a good example,
let's write it out as two separate conditions. As a bonus, that lets us
produce a slightly more specific error message.

Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Jeff King 2025-07-23 20:03:08 -04:00 committed by Junio C Hamano
parent 760dd804bb
commit 0f1b33815b

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@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ int cmd__delta(int argc, const char **argv)
fd = xopen(argv[4], O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC, 0666);
if (write_in_full(fd, out_buf, out_size) < 0)
die_errno("write(%s)", argv[4]);
if (close(fd) < 0)
die_errno("close(%s)", argv[4]);
strbuf_release(&from);
strbuf_release(&data);