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[PATCH 2/2] branch: don't fail listing branches if one of the commits wasn't found

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SMSimo Melenius <simo.melenius@iki.fi>
Date
Jun 4, 2010, 09:50 UTC
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When listing branches with ref lookups, if one of the known raw refs doesn't point to a commit then "git branch" would return error(), terminating the whole for_each_rawref() iteration and possibly hiding any remaining refs.

Signed-off-by: Simo Melenius <simo.melenius@iki.fi>
---
 builtin/branch.c |    5 ++++-
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin/branch.c b/builtin/branch.c
index 72a486c..2371ca0 100644
--- a/builtin/branch.c
+++ b/builtin/branch.c
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ static int append_ref(const char *refname, const unsigned char *sha1, int flags,
 		commit = lookup_commit_reference_gently(sha1, 1);
 		if (!commit) {
 			cb->ret = error("branch '%s' does not point at a commit", refname);
-			return cb->ret;
+			return 0;
 		}
 
 		/* Filter with with_commit if specified */
@@ -539,6 +539,9 @@ static int print_ref_list(int kinds, int detached, int verbose, int abbrev, stru
 
 	free_ref_list(&ref_list);
 
+	if (cb.ret)
+		error("some refs could not be read");
+
 	return cb.ret;
 }
 
-- 
1.7.0.4
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Message 3 of 3 in “Re: [PATCH 2/2] branch: don't fail listing branches if one of the commits wasn't found”
  1. Simo MeleniusJun 4, 2010
  2. 1/2 branch: exit status now reflects if branch listing finds an errorSimo Melenius, Jun 4, 2010
  3. 2/2 branch: don't fail listing branches if one of the commits wasn't foundSimo Melenius, Jun 4, 2010

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