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[PATCH] builtin-apply: Show a more descriptive error on failure when opening a patch

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ABAlberto Bertogli <albertito@gmail.com>
Date
Apr 13, 2008, 18:56 UTC
Message-ID
<1208112991-21598-1-git-send-email-albertito@gmail.com>

When a patch can't be opened (it doesn't exist, there are permission problems, etc.) we get the usage text, which is not a proper indication of failure.

This patch fixes that by simply doing a perror() instead.
Signed-off-by: Alberto Bertogli <albertito@gmail.com>
---
 builtin-apply.c |    7 +++++--
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin-apply.c b/builtin-apply.c
index abe73a0..d80b231 100644
--- a/builtin-apply.c
+++ b/builtin-apply.c
@@ -3120,8 +3120,11 @@ int cmd_apply(int argc, const char **argv, const char *unused_prefix)
 			arg = prefix_filename(prefix, prefix_length, arg);
 
 		fd = open(arg, O_RDONLY);
-		if (fd < 0)
-			usage(apply_usage);
+		if (fd < 0) {
+			perror("Error opening patch");
+			return 1;
+		}
+
 		read_stdin = 0;
 		set_default_whitespace_mode(whitespace_option);
 		errs |= apply_patch(fd, arg, inaccurate_eof);
-- 
1.5.5.104.ge4331
Next: Junio C Hamano
Message 1 of 7 in “builtin-apply: Show a more descriptive error on failure when opening a patch”
  1. builtin-apply: Show a more descriptive error on failure when opening a patchAlberto Bertogli, Apr 13, 2008
  2. Junio C HamanoApr 13, 2008
  3. builtin-apply: Show a more descriptive error on failure when opening a patchAlberto Bertogli, Apr 14, 2008
  4. Johannes SchindelinApr 14, 2008
  5. builtin-apply: Show a more descriptive error on failure when opening a patchAlberto Bertogli, Apr 14, 2008
  6. Junio C HamanoApr 16, 2008
  7. Johannes SchindelinApr 14, 2008

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