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Re: [PATCH 2/2] Add --ignore-notfound option to exit with zero status when no files are removed.

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JWJosef Weidendorfer <josef.weidendorfer@gmx.de>
Date
Apr 16, 2007, 18:29 UTC
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<200704162029.41427.Josef.Weidendorfer@gmx.de>
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<20070416090426.GA2549@coredump.intra.peff.net>
On Monday 16 April 2007, you wrote:
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> On Mon, Apr 16, 2007 at 01:53:46AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> 
> > >> > +\--ignore-notfound::
> > >> > +	Exit with a zero status even if no files matched.
> > >> > +
> > >> ls-files has --error-unmatch so we may want to make the name
> > >> consistent by saying --ignore-unmatch?  I particularly do not
> > >> care about the minute naming issues _right_ _now_, but we might
> > >> regret it in the long run.
> > >
> > > Isn't this quite similar to the '-k' option to git-mv?
> > 
> > Heh, I never use 'git-mv' and 'git-rm' myself, so I did not know
> > about that option, but from the Documentation/git-mv.txt, it
> > sounds similar.  What does it stand for, I wonder?
> 
> As you are so fond of telling everyone else, use git-blame to find out. :)
> 
> Looks like '-k' got added in the move from git-rename to git-mv. Josef,
> can you shed any light on the choice of '-k'?

That is similiar to "-k" option to "make", synonym for "--keep-going". I thought this was quite natural; at least I am used to this option for "make".

Josef
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Message 12 of 14 in “Add -q option to "git rm" to suppress output when there aren't errors.”
  1. Add -q option to "git rm" to suppress output when there aren't errors.Steven Grimm, Apr 16, 2007
  2. Junio C HamanoApr 16, 2007
  3. Steven GrimmApr 16, 2007
  4. Junio C HamanoApr 16, 2007
  5. 1/2 Add --quiet option to suppress output of "rm" commands for removed files.Steven Grimm, Apr 16, 2007
  6. 2/2 Add --ignore-notfound option to exit with zero status when no files are removed.Steven Grimm, Apr 16, 2007
  7. Junio C HamanoApr 16, 2007
  8. Steven GrimmApr 16, 2007
  9. Jeff KingApr 16, 2007
  10. Junio C HamanoApr 16, 2007
  11. Jeff KingApr 16, 2007
  12. Josef WeidendorferApr 16, 2007
  13. Steven GrimmApr 16, 2007
  14. Alex RiesenApr 16, 2007

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