From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 16:37:13 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Allow git-diff exit with codes similar to diff(1)
Message-ID: <7vwt1jaiiu.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <81b0412b0703140933v5c684aa9g1f61d61e502c6783@mail.gmail.com>

"Alex Riesen" <raa.lkml@gmail.com> writes:

>>         echo ... &&
>>         git add . &&
>>         {
>>                 git diff-index ...; test $? != 0
>>         }
>
> Confused. What's wrong with test_expect_failure which
> does not need any of the both ugly constructions?
> Hmm... Do you mean: "we expect successful
> operation with exit code 1"?

No.  Think what happens if you broke "git add".