Re: [PATCH 2/5] test_must_fail: 129 is a valid error code from usage()

From: Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net>
Date: Mar 25, 2008, 11:21 UTC
Message-ID: <47E8E04E.6060606@viscovery.net>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LSU.1.00.0803251100520.10660@wbgn129.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>

Johannes Schindelin schrieb:

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> Hi,
> 
> On Mon, 24 Mar 2008, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> 
>> diff --git a/t/test-lib.sh b/t/test-lib.sh
>> index 870b255..7c2a8ba 100644
>> --- a/t/test-lib.sh
>> +++ b/t/test-lib.sh
>> @@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ test_expect_code () {
>>  
>>  test_must_fail () {
>>  	"$@"
>> -	test $? -gt 0 -a $? -le 128
>> +	test $? -gt 0 -a $? -le 129
> 
> IIRC exit status is a signed byte on Win32.  Can somebody check?

Not at the shell level. This command:

   git branch foo bar baz

exits with 129 both when invoked by bash ($?) and CMD (%ERRORLEVEL%).

-- Hannes