1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiToMail.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiToMail.pm
index 0d2f586a..2928be45 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiToMail.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiToMail.pm
@@ -687,8 +687,7 @@ sub _pre_augment_v2 {
          my $d = "$lei->{ale}->{git}->{git_dir}/objects";
          open my $fh, '+>>', my $f = "$dir/git/0.git/objects/info/alternates";
          seek($fh, 0, SEEK_SET); # Perl did SEEK_END when it saw '>>'
-        my $seen = grep(/\A\Q$d\E\n/, <$fh>);
-        eof($fh) or die "not at `$f' EOF ($!)"; # $! was set by readline
+        my $seen = grep /\A\Q$d\E\n/, PublicInbox::IO::read_all $fh;
          print $fh "$d\n" if !$seen;
          close $fh;
  }