2 files changed, 7 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/src/common/windows/http_upload.cc b/src/common/windows/http_upload.cc
index a6879799..ddf61f7f 100644
--- a/src/common/windows/http_upload.cc
+++ b/src/common/windows/http_upload.cc
@@ -274,8 +274,7 @@ bool HTTPUpload::GenerateRequestBody(const map<wstring, wstring> &parameters,
                                      const wstring &boundary,
                                      string *request_body) {
   vector<char> contents;
-  GetFileContents(upload_file, &contents);
-  if (contents.empty()) {
+  if (!GetFileContents(upload_file, &contents)) {
     return false;
   }
 
@@ -322,7 +321,7 @@ bool HTTPUpload::GenerateRequestBody(const map<wstring, wstring> &parameters,
 }
 
 // static
-void HTTPUpload::GetFileContents(const wstring &filename,
+bool HTTPUpload::GetFileContents(const wstring &filename,
                                  vector<char> *contents) {
   // The "open" method on pre-MSVC8 ifstream implementations doesn't accept a
   // wchar_t* filename, so use _wfopen directly in that case.  For VC8 and
@@ -339,13 +338,13 @@ void HTTPUpload::GetFileContents(const wstring &filename,
     std::streamoff length = file.tellg();
     contents->resize(length);
     if (length != 0) {
-        file.seekg(0, ios::beg);
-        file.read(&((*contents)[0]), length);
+      file.seekg(0, ios::beg);
+      file.read(&((*contents)[0]), length);
     }
     file.close();
-  } else {
-    contents->clear();
+    return true;
   }
+  return false;
 }
 
 // static
diff --git a/src/common/windows/http_upload.h b/src/common/windows/http_upload.h
index f7c69f16..8a17aab1 100644
--- a/src/common/windows/http_upload.h
+++ b/src/common/windows/http_upload.h
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ class HTTPUpload {
                                   string *request_body);
 
   // Fills the supplied vector with the contents of filename.
-  static void GetFileContents(const wstring &filename, vector<char> *contents);
+  static bool GetFileContents(const wstring &filename, vector<char> *contents);
 
   // Converts a UTF8 string to UTF16.
   static wstring UTF8ToWide(const string &utf8);