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[PATCH 4/11] Ensure `git-pull` fails if `git-merge` fails.

From
Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Date
Dec 28, 2006, 07:35 UTC
Message-ID
<20061228073501.GD17867@spearce.org>
In-Reply-To
<9847899e4ba836980dbfed6d0ea1c82f31f21456.1167290864.git.spearce@spearce.org>

If git-merge exits with a non-zero exit status so should git-pull. This way the caller of git-pull knows the task did not complete successfully simply by checking the process exit status.

Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
---
 git-pull.sh |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/git-pull.sh b/git-pull.sh
index fd4ffb8..2725946 100755
--- a/git-pull.sh
+++ b/git-pull.sh
@@ -119,5 +119,5 @@ case "$strategy_args" in
 esac
 
 merge_name=$(git-fmt-merge-msg <"$GIT_DIR/FETCH_HEAD") || exit
-git-merge $no_summary $no_commit $squash $strategy_args \
+exec git-merge $no_summary $no_commit $squash $strategy_args \
 	"$merge_name" HEAD $merge_head
-- 
1.4.4.3.gd2e4
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Message 3 of 17 in “Honor GIT_REFLOG_ACTION in git-rebase.”
  1. 2/11 Honor GIT_REFLOG_ACTION in git-rebase.Shawn O. Pearce, Dec 28, 2006
  2. 3/11 Use branch names in 'git-rebase -m' conflict hunks.Shawn O. Pearce, Dec 28, 2006
  3. 4/11 Ensure `git-pull` fails if `git-merge` fails.Shawn O. Pearce, Dec 28, 2006
  4. 5/11 Honor pull.{twohead,octopus} in git-merge.Shawn O. Pearce, Dec 28, 2006
  5. 6/11 Allow git-merge to select the default strategy.Shawn O. Pearce, Dec 28, 2006
  6. 7/11 Avoid git-fetch in `git-pull .` when possible.Shawn O. Pearce, Dec 28, 2006
  7. Junio C HamanoDec 28, 2006
  8. Shawn PearceDec 28, 2006
  9. Junio C HamanoDec 28, 2006
  10. 8/11 Move better_branch_name above get_ref in merge-recursive.Shawn O. Pearce, Dec 28, 2006
  11. 9/11 Allow merging bare trees in merge-recursive.Shawn O. Pearce, Dec 28, 2006
  12. Junio C HamanoDec 28, 2006
  13. 10/11 Use merge-recursive in git-am -3.Shawn O. Pearce, Dec 28, 2006
  14. 11/11 Improve merge performance by avoiding in-index merges.Shawn O. Pearce, Dec 28, 2006
  15. Junio C HamanoDec 28, 2006
  16. Shawn PearceDec 28, 2006
  17. Johannes SchindelinDec 29, 2006

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