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[PATCH v3 2/2] Ensure git ls-tree exits with a non-zero exit code if read_tree_recursive fails.

From
Jon Seymour <jon.seymour@gmail.com>
Date
Jul 24, 2011, 14:59 UTC
Message-ID
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In-Reply-To
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In the case of a corrupt repository, git ls-tree may report an error but presently it exits with a code of 0.

This change uses the return code of read_tree_recursive instead.
Improved-by: Jens Lehmann <Jens.Lehmann@web.de>
Signed-off-by: Jon Seymour <jon.seymour@gmail.com>
---
 builtin/ls-tree.c       |    3 +--
 t/t3103-ls-tree-misc.sh |    2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin/ls-tree.c b/builtin/ls-tree.c
index f08c5b0..d96e9c4 100644
--- a/builtin/ls-tree.c
+++ b/builtin/ls-tree.c
@@ -173,7 +173,6 @@ int cmd_ls_tree(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	tree = parse_tree_indirect(sha1);
 	if (!tree)
 		die("not a tree object");
-	read_tree_recursive(tree, "", 0, 0, &pathspec, show_tree, NULL);
+	return read_tree_recursive(tree, "", 0, 0, &pathspec, show_tree, NULL);
 
-	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/t/t3103-ls-tree-misc.sh b/t/t3103-ls-tree-misc.sh
index c9c20f9..09dcf04 100755
--- a/t/t3103-ls-tree-misc.sh
+++ b/t/t3103-ls-tree-misc.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ test_expect_success 'setup' '
 	git commit -m test
 '
 
-test_expect_failure 'ls-tree fails with non-zero exit code on broken tree' '
+test_expect_success 'ls-tree fails with non-zero exit code on broken tree' '
 	rm -f .git/objects/5f/cffbd6e4c5c5b8d81f5e9314b20e338e3ffff5 &&
 	test_must_fail git ls-tree -r HEAD
 '
-- 
1.7.6.347.gf855
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Message 3 of 9 in “ls-tree: exit with non-zero status on error”
  1. 0/2 ls-tree: exit with non-zero status on errorJon Seymour, Jul 24, 2011
  2. 1/2 Add a test to check that git ls-tree sets non-zero exit code on error.Jon Seymour, Jul 24, 2011
  3. 2/2 Ensure git ls-tree exits with a non-zero exit code if read_tree_recursive fails.Jon Seymour, Jul 24, 2011
  4. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyJul 25, 2011
  5. Jon SeymourJul 25, 2011
  6. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyJul 25, 2011
  7. Andreas SchwabJul 25, 2011
  8. Jens LehmannJul 25, 2011
  9. Junio C HamanoJul 25, 2011

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