From: Alberto Bertogli Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:23:38 GMT Subject: [PATCH] builtin-apply: Show a more descriptive error on failure when opening a patch Message-ID: <1208183018-27887-1-git-send-email-albertito@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <7vtzi5bkdz.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> 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 calling error() instead. Signed-off-by: Alberto Bertogli --- This one (hopefuly) addresses both Junio and Johannes' comments. Thanks, Alberto builtin-apply.c | 8 ++++++-- 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/builtin-apply.c b/builtin-apply.c index abe73a0..ebbe609 100644 --- a/builtin-apply.c +++ b/builtin-apply.c @@ -3120,8 +3120,12 @@ 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) { + error("can't open patch '%s': %s", arg, + strerror(errno)); + return 1; + } + read_stdin = 0; set_default_whitespace_mode(whitespace_option); errs |= apply_patch(fd, arg, inaccurate_eof); -- 1.5.5.105.g9d11e.dirty