From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2012 20:44:54 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] diff: exit(1) if 'diff --quiet <repo file> <external file>' finds changes
Message-ID: <7vaa049uex.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <20120615202441.GA12163@sigill.intra.peff.net>

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

>   2. If --check is used, then we will not be compatible with diff(1) in
>      our exit code. But diff(1) does not have --check in the first
>      place, so there is no point in us trying to be a drop-in
>      replacement.

Sounds sensible. Thanks.