Re: [PATCH] t0005: skip signal death exit code test on Windows

From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Jun 6, 2013, 06:44 UTC
Message-ID: <20130606064409.GA20334@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <CAMP44s2L4EOG7aEOR8gqXeaHm7SeuPg=GQAWX3PByKKbtTHnwQ@mail.gmail.com>

On Thu, Jun 06, 2013 at 01:41:05AM -0500, Felipe Contreras wrote:

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> > Thanks. I wasn't quite clear on how the signal handling worked on
> > Windows, but from your description, I agree there is not any point in
> > running the test at all.
> 
> Shouldn't we clarify that Git exit codes only work on UNIX-like
> operating systems?

Clarify where? My impression is that this issue is well-known in the msys world, and it is a platform issue, not a git issue. If somebody wants to write a note somewhere in the git documentation, that's fine with me, but I'm not clear on exactly what it would even say.

-Peff

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