2 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 4c9e290..1309610 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ dgit (1.5~~) unstable; urgency=medium
     directory before running rmtree on it.  Closes:#796773.
   * Do not call "warn" on failure of cleanup handler in END block
     (since warn has been made fatal and aborts the cleanup chain).
+  * Print better error message (with `fail' rather than `die') if
+    `dgit clone' cannot create the destination directory.
 
   Test suite:
   * When sbuild fails, do not crash due to sed not finding the log
diff --git a/dgit b/dgit
index 507be27..9bdd207 100755
--- a/dgit
+++ b/dgit
@@ -1706,7 +1706,7 @@ sub clone ($) {
     canonicalise_suite();
     badusage "dry run makes no sense with clone" unless act_local();
     my $hasgit = check_for_git();
-    mkdir $dstdir or die "$dstdir $!";
+    mkdir $dstdir or fail "create \`$dstdir': $!";
     changedir $dstdir;
     runcmd @git, qw(init -q);
     my $giturl = access_giturl(1);