Merge pull request #3125 from metalsp0rk/cat-respect-no-lock

Make restic cat respect --no-lock

changelog/unreleased/issue-2739

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Bugfix: Make cat command respect --no-lock
+
+Restic cat would not respect the --no-lock flag, it now does.
+
+https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/2739

cmd/restic/cmd_cat.go

@@ -42,10 +42,18 @@ func runCat(gopts GlobalOptions, args []string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	lock, err := lockRepo(gopts.ctx, repo)
+	if !gopts.NoLock {
-	defer unlockRepo(lock)
+		lock, err := lockRepo(gopts.ctx, repo)
-	if err != nil {
+		if err != nil {
-		return err
+			return err
+		}
+
+		defer func() {
+			err := unlockRepo(lock)
+			if err != nil {
+				Warnf("unlock repo failed: %v", err)
+			}
+		}()
 	}
 
 	tpe := args[0]