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Re: Return code in cmd (git describe)

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KKKonstantin Khomoutov <flatworm@users.sourceforge.net>
Date
Jul 31, 2012, 12:27 UTC
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On Tue, 31 Jul 2012 14:02:50 +0200 "Manuela Hutter" <manuelah@opera.com> wrote:

> we have some python scripts that are run from Visual Studio, and one
> of them fails because of a wrong git return code when calling
> 'git describe --dirty'
[...]
> Run from wingw, the return code is 0.
> Run from cmd, the return code is 1.
> 
> Why?

Supposedly, when you run Git from cmd.exe, the git.cmd top-level script (which wraps the git.exe binary) gets executed, and it's currently affected by this bug [1] (fixed). When you run Git from Git bash, the git.exe binary runs directly and hence the bug is not exposed.

1. https://github.com/msysgit/msysgit/issues/43
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  1. Manuela HutterJul 31, 2012
  2. Konstantin KhomoutovJul 31, 2012
  3. Manuela HutterJul 31, 2012

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