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[PATCH 0/2] git notes show: handle empty notes gracefully

From
Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>
Date
Feb 6, 2009, 15:19 UTC
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"git notes show" barfs when there is no note to show. This introduces a test (yes, a test!) and, in a second round, reacts more gracefully to empty notes and adjust the expected test output accordingly.

Note that in both cases (before/after the patch) the return code is non-zero: It's 128 in the ungraceful case, 1 when "dieing gracefully", uhm...

Michael J Gruber (2):
  git notes show: test empty notes
  handle empty notes gracefully
 git-notes.sh     |    2 ++
 t/t3301-notes.sh |    5 +++++
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
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