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Re: [PATCH] fix an error message in git-push so it goes to stderr

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JKJeff King <jrk@wrek.org>
Date
Feb 5, 2010, 19:48 UTC
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On Fri, Feb 05, 2010 at 02:39:50PM -0500, Larry D'Anna wrote:
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> Also it seems to me that git push --dry-run --porcelain should exit successfully
> even if it knows some refs will be rejected.  The calling script can see just
> fine for itself that they will be rejected, and it probably still wants to know
> whether or not the dry-run succeeded, which has nothing to do with whether or
> not the same push would succeed as a not-dry-run.

I think that is OK, but only if "git push --dry-run" still exits with an error case, since people may be using it for "will this push work?" and not simply "did an error occur?".

-Peff
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Message 12 of 14 in “fix an error message in git-push so it goes to stderr”
  1. fix an error message in git-push so it goes to stderrLarry D'Anna, Feb 5, 2010
  2. Jeff KingFeb 5, 2010
  3. 1/3 fix an error message in git-push so it goes to stderrLarry D'Anna, Feb 5, 2010
  4. 2/3 silence human readable info messages going to stderr from git push --porcelainLarry D'Anna, Feb 5, 2010
  5. Junio C HamanoFeb 5, 2010
  6. Larry D'AnnaFeb 5, 2010
  7. 3/3 make git push --dry-run --porcelain exit with status 0 even if updates will be rejectedLarry D'Anna, Feb 5, 2010
  8. Jeff KingFeb 5, 2010
  9. Larry D'AnnaFeb 5, 2010
  10. Jeff KingFeb 5, 2010
  11. Larry D'AnnaFeb 5, 2010
  12. Jeff KingFeb 5, 2010
  13. Larry D'AnnaFeb 5, 2010
  14. Jeff KingFeb 5, 2010

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