fix error case

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/git-dch b/git-dch
index d2dda69e..91ca152e 100755
--- a/git-dch
+++ b/git-dch
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ def add_changelog_entry(msg, author):
 
 
 def add_changelog_section(msg, distribution):
-    ret = os.system("dch --distribution=%s -i %s" % (distribution, msg))
+    cmd = "dch --distribution=%s -i %s" % (distribution, msg)
+    ret = os.system(cmd)
     if ret:
         raise GbpError, "Error executing %s: %d" % (cmd, ret)