Re: commit --amend neglecting return value

From: Brian Gernhardt <brian@gernhardtsoftware.com>
Date: Mar 22, 2010, 05:16 UTC
Message-ID: <196847A3-42CB-4CE8-8FFC-D7C8C8AFCDF7@gernhardtsoftware.com>
In-Reply-To: <20100322043616.GF21406@baikonur.stro.at>

On Mar 22, 2010, at 12:36 AM, maximilian attems wrote:

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> bug is easily reproducible by
> 
>> foo
> git add foo
> git commit --amend
> :q!
> 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> create mode 100644 test
> 
> git --version
> git version 1.7.0.2
> 
> aboves is usage with vim as patch editor.
> The expected behaviour would be to have not foo add to repo.
> afair this feature^Wbug exists since loooong.

Vim returns 0 even if quit with :q!.  Killing vim from another terminal causes this:

--- 8< ---
Vim: Caught deadly signal TERM

Vim: Finished.
error: /Users/brian/bin/vim died of signal 15
error: There was a problem with the editor '/Users/brian/bin/vim'.
Please supply the message using either -m or -F option.
--- 8< ---

If you want to abort committing while editing the message, delete the entire message (in Vim: "0dG:wq^M") and git will reply "Aborting commit due to empty commit message."

~~ Brian