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Re: [PATCH] git-tag: support -F <file> option

From
Shawn Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Date
Dec 22, 2006, 06:53 UTC
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<20061222065314.GB15548@spearce.org>
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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> wrote:
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> > +	if test "$#" = "0"; then
> > +	    die "error: option -F needs an argument"
> > +	    exit 2
> > +	;;
> 
> I know it was copied from Han-Wen's aabd7693, but was this
> somehow to catch the case where die can fail???
What, you haven't heard of the /bin/resurrection shell?

Apparently one of its features is it can sometimes make die return successfully, even days after the initial call. :-)

-- 
Shawn.
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Message 4 of 5 in “UI: git-tag should support -F as well”
  1. Han-Wen NienhuysDec 21, 2006
  2. git-tag: support -F <file> optionJohannes Schindelin, Dec 21, 2006
  3. Junio C HamanoDec 22, 2006
  4. Shawn PearceDec 22, 2006
  5. Johannes SchindelinDec 22, 2006

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