1 file changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/custom/hooks/post-receive.cgit-age b/custom/hooks/post-receive.cgit-age
index a87e325..c2c4092 100755
--- a/custom/hooks/post-receive.cgit-age
+++ b/custom/hooks/post-receive.cgit-age
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@
 
 # Updates the age-file cgit reads for the idle column. The path below is the
 # default age-file, so a cgitrc that changes the setting needs the same change
-# here. To install the hook, copy or link it to hooks/post-receive in each
-# repository.
+# here. A file the pusher cannot write stays as it was, and nothing here
+# complains or exits nonzero, so the pusher is not shown an error over a stale
+# idle column. To install the hook, copy or link it to hooks/post-receive in
+# each repository.
 
 set -eu
 
@@ -32,10 +34,10 @@ date="$(git for-each-ref --sort=-committerdate --count=1 \
 # being handed an empty file.
 test -n "$date" || exit 0
 
-mkdir -p "$(dirname "$agefile")"
+mkdir -p "$(dirname "$agefile")" 2>/dev/null || exit 0
 
 # Write through a temporary file so a reader never sees a half written date.
 tmpfile="$agefile.$$"
 trap 'rm -f "$tmpfile"' EXIT
-printf '%s\n' "$date" >"$tmpfile"
-mv "$tmpfile" "$agefile"
+{ printf '%s\n' "$date" >"$tmpfile"; } 2>/dev/null || exit 0
+mv "$tmpfile" "$agefile" 2>/dev/null || :