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[v4 2/2] Ensure git ls-tree exits with a non-zero exit code if read_tree_recursive fails.

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Jon Seymour <jon.seymour@gmail.com>
Date
Jul 25, 2011, 22:03 UTC
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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 sets the exit code to 1, if the read_tree_recursive returns non-zero and 0 otherwise.

Improved-by: Jens Lehmann <Jens.Lehmann@web.de>
Improved-by: Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Improved-by: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
Improved-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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..b1dcebd 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 0;
+	return !!read_tree_recursive(tree, "", 0, 0, &pathspec, show_tree, NULL);
 }
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.g8394c
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  1. 0/2 ls-tree: exit with non-zero status on errorJon Seymour, Jul 25, 2011
  2. 1/2 Add a test to check that git ls-tree sets non-zero exit code on error.Jon Seymour, Jul 25, 2011
  3. 2/2 Ensure git ls-tree exits with a non-zero exit code if read_tree_recursive fails.Jon Seymour, Jul 25, 2011
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