X-Git-Url: http://www.git.stargrave.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=lib%2FPublicInbox%2FGit.pm;h=f47bc439080749c25100aca9cb1bb0f32b2d7c13;hb=803914775816f7de5485fa397bad64e1bd404381;hp=bc0e5064d7ca5da0e69febb7076d3639baa2c79b;hpb=57b18b44e1770b163aba55eacf53195a8305398e;p=public-inbox.git

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/Git.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/Git.pm
index bc0e5064..f47bc439 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/Git.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/Git.pm
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ sub _bidi_pipe {
 
 	my @cmd = ('git', "--git-dir=$self->{git_dir}", qw(cat-file), $batch);
 	my $redir = { 0 => fileno($out_r), 1 => fileno($in_w) };
-	$self->{$pid} = spawn(\@cmd, undef, $redir);
+	my $p = spawn(\@cmd, undef, $redir);
+	defined $p or fail($self, "spawn failed: $!");
+	$self->{$pid} = $p;
 	$out_w->autoflush(1);
 	$self->{$out} = $out_w;
 	$self->{$in} = $in_r;
@@ -122,6 +124,7 @@ sub popen {
 sub qx {
 	my ($self, @cmd) = @_;
 	my $fh = $self->popen(@cmd);
+	defined $fh or return;
 	local $/ = "\n";
 	return <$fh> if wantarray;
 	local $/;