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Re: git diff/log --check exitcode and PAGER environment variable

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Aug 8, 2008, 09:44 UTC
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"Peter Valdemar Mørch (Lists)"  <4ux6as402@sneakemail.com> writes:
> There is this old thread:
> "[PATCH 1/5] "diff --check" should affect exit status"
> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/68145/focus=68148
> which seemed not to reach a conclusion.

Conclusion was (1) if you really care about the exit code, do not use pager; (2) after 1.6.0 we will swap the child/parent between git and pager to expose exit code from us, but not before.

Or am I mistaken?
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  8. Teach git log --check to return an appropriate error codePeter Valdemar Mørch, Aug 9, 2008
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  14. PATCH v2 0/2 Trying patch againPeter Valdemar Mørch, Aug 11, 2008
  15. 1/2 Teach git log --check to return an appropriate exit codePeter Valdemar Mørch, Aug 11, 2008
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