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[RFC/PATCH 10/18] revert: make read_and_refresh_cache() and prepare_revs() return errors

From
Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
Date
Nov 25, 2010, 21:20 UTC
Message-ID
<20101125212050.5188.69211.chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
In-Reply-To
<20101125210138.5188.13115.chriscool@tuxfamily.org>

They used to "die" in case of problems which is bad if we want to take some action in case of error.

Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
---
 builtin/revert.c |   27 ++++++++++++++++-----------
 1 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin/revert.c b/builtin/revert.c
index 57d4300..8b50e0c 100644
--- a/builtin/revert.c
+++ b/builtin/revert.c
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ static int do_pick_commit(struct args_info *info, struct commit *commit)
 	return res;
 }
 
-static void prepare_revs(struct rev_info *revs, struct args_info *info)
+static int prepare_revs(struct rev_info *revs, struct args_info *info)
 {
 	int argc;
 
@@ -553,29 +553,34 @@ static void prepare_revs(struct rev_info *revs, struct args_info *info)
 		revs->reverse = 1;
 
 	argc = setup_revisions(info->commit_argc, info->commit_argv, revs, NULL);
-	if (argc > 1)
-		usage(*revert_or_cherry_pick_usage(info));
+	if (argc > 1) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "usage: %s", *revert_or_cherry_pick_usage(info));
+		return 129;
+	}
 
 	if (prepare_revision_walk(revs))
-		die("revision walk setup failed");
+		return error("revision walk setup failed");
 
 	if (!revs->commits)
-		die("empty commit set passed");
+		return error("empty commit set passed");
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
-static void read_and_refresh_cache(const char *me)
+static int read_and_refresh_cache(const char *me)
 {
 	static struct lock_file index_lock;
 	int index_fd = hold_locked_index(&index_lock, 0);
 	if (read_index_preload(&the_index, NULL) < 0)
-		die("git %s: failed to read the index", me);
+		return error("git %s: failed to read the index", me);
 	refresh_index(&the_index, REFRESH_QUIET|REFRESH_UNMERGED, NULL, NULL, NULL);
 	if (the_index.cache_changed) {
 		if (write_index(&the_index, index_fd) ||
 		    commit_locked_index(&index_lock))
-			die("git %s: failed to refresh the index", me);
+			return error("git %s: failed to refresh the index", me);
 	}
 	rollback_lock_file(&index_lock);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int ff_incompatible(int val, const char *opt)
@@ -596,9 +601,9 @@ static int pick_commits(struct args_info *infos)
 	     (res = ff_incompatible(infos->edit, "--edit"))))
 			return res;
 
-	read_and_refresh_cache(me);
-
-	prepare_revs(&revs, infos);
+	if ((res = read_and_refresh_cache(me)) ||
+	    (res = prepare_revs(&revs, infos)))
+		return res;
 
 	while ((commit = get_revision(&revs)) &&
 	       !(res = do_pick_commit(infos, commit)))
-- 
1.7.3.2.504.g59d466
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Message 18 of 27 in “WIP implement cherry-pick/revert --continue”
  1. 00/18 WIP implement cherry-pick/revert --continueChristian Couder, Nov 25, 2010
  2. 01/18 advice: add error_resolve_conflict() functionChristian Couder, Nov 25, 2010
  3. Jonathan NiederNov 26, 2010
  4. 02/18 revert: change many die() calls into "return error()" callsChristian Couder, Nov 25, 2010
  5. Jonathan NiederNov 26, 2010
  6. 03/18 usage: implement error_errno() the same way as die_errno()Christian Couder, Nov 25, 2010
  7. Jonathan NiederNov 26, 2010
  8. Junio C HamanoNov 26, 2010
  9. 04/18 revert: don't die when write_message() failsChristian Couder, Nov 25, 2010
  10. 05/18 commit: move reverse_commit_list() into commit.{h, c}Christian Couder, Nov 25, 2010
  11. 06/18 revert: remove "commit" global variableChristian Couder, Nov 25, 2010
  12. 07/18 revert: put option information in an option structChristian Couder, Nov 25, 2010
  13. Jonathan NiederNov 26, 2010
  14. Junio C HamanoNov 26, 2010
  15. 08/18 revert: refactor code into a new pick_commits() functionChristian Couder, Nov 25, 2010
  16. Daniel BarkalowNov 27, 2010
  17. 09/18 revert: make pick_commits() return an error on --ff incompatible optionChristian Couder, Nov 25, 2010
  18. 10/18 revert: make read_and_refresh_cache() and prepare_revs() return errorsChristian Couder, Nov 25, 2010
  19. 11/18 revert: add get_todo_content() and create_todo_file()Christian Couder, Nov 25, 2010
  20. 12/18 revert: write TODO and DONE files in case of failureChristian Couder, Nov 25, 2010
  21. 13/18 revert: add option parsing for option --continueChristian Couder, Nov 25, 2010
  22. 14/18 revert: move global variable "me" into "struct args_info"Christian Couder, Nov 25, 2010
  23. 15/18 revert: add NONE action and make parse_args() manage itChristian Couder, Nov 25, 2010
  24. 16/18 revert: implement parsing TODO and DONE filesChristian Couder, Nov 25, 2010
  25. 17/18 revert: add remaining instructions in todo fileChristian Couder, Nov 25, 2010
  26. 18/18 revert: implement --continue processingChristian Couder, Nov 25, 2010
  27. Jonathan NiederNov 26, 2010

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