From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2008 20:37:13 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] cat-file --batch / --batch-check: do not exit if hashes are missing
Message-ID: <7v8wxegxae.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <1212969741-24899-1-git-send-email-LeWiemann@gmail.com>

Lea Wiemann <lewiemann@gmail.com> writes:

> Previously, cat-file --batch / --batch-check would silently exit if it
> was passed a non-existent SHA1 on stdin.  Now it prints "<SHA1>
> missing" as in all other cases (and as advertised in the
> documentation).

I think this change makes sense, given that --batch is about having an
object server a read-only process can drive over bi-di pipe.

Thanks.