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Re: [PATCH] Add -q option to "git rm" to suppress output when there aren't errors.

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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date
Apr 16, 2007, 00:13 UTC
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<7v4pnh18hr.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
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Steven Grimm <koreth@midwinter.com> writes:
> +-q::
> +	Don't output the names of the files being removed, and exit
> +	with a zero status even if no files matched.
> +

Suppressing output is understandable and probably is a useful thing to do, but I do not see a justification to tie that quietness to making the status unuable...

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Message 2 of 14 in “Add -q option to "git rm" to suppress output when there aren't errors.”
  1. Add -q option to "git rm" to suppress output when there aren't errors.Steven Grimm, Apr 16, 2007
  2. Junio C HamanoApr 16, 2007
  3. Steven GrimmApr 16, 2007
  4. Junio C HamanoApr 16, 2007
  5. 1/2 Add --quiet option to suppress output of "rm" commands for removed files.Steven Grimm, Apr 16, 2007
  6. 2/2 Add --ignore-notfound option to exit with zero status when no files are removed.Steven Grimm, Apr 16, 2007
  7. Junio C HamanoApr 16, 2007
  8. Steven GrimmApr 16, 2007
  9. Jeff KingApr 16, 2007
  10. Junio C HamanoApr 16, 2007
  11. Jeff KingApr 16, 2007
  12. Josef WeidendorferApr 16, 2007
  13. Steven GrimmApr 16, 2007
  14. Alex RiesenApr 16, 2007

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