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Re: git status in clean working dir

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jul 22, 2008, 02:30 UTC
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David Bremner <bremner@unb.ca> writes:
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> According to the manual page for git-status (version 1.5.6.3)
>
>        If there is no path that is different between the index file
>        and the current HEAD commit (i.e., there is nothing to commit
>        by running git-commit), the command exits with non-zero status.
>
> But it doesn't seem to work that way for me.
>
> git status -a 
>
> exits with 0
> ...
Try "git status -a >/dev/null" or "git --no-pager status -a".

I think this is an instance of the c8af1de (make git-status use a pager, 2008-04-23) stupidity raising its ugly head again.

Do people mind reverting that patch?
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  1. David BremnerJul 21, 2008
  2. Junio C HamanoJul 22, 2008
  3. Abhijit Menon-SenJul 22, 2008
  4. Junio C HamanoJul 22, 2008
  5. Junio C HamanoJul 22, 2008
  6. Jeff KingJul 22, 2008
  7. Jeff KingJul 22, 2008
  8. Johannes SchindelinJul 22, 2008
  9. Jeff KingJul 22, 2008
  10. Mike HommeyJul 22, 2008
  11. Jeff KingJul 22, 2008
  12. Mike HommeyJul 22, 2008
  13. Jeff KingJul 22, 2008
  14. Jeff KingJul 22, 2008
  15. 1/2 run-command: add pre-exec callbackJeff King, Jul 22, 2008
  16. 2/2 spawn pager via run_command interfaceJeff King, Jul 22, 2008
  17. Jeff KingJul 22, 2008
  18. Pierre HabouzitJul 22, 2008
  19. Jeff KingJul 22, 2008
  20. Johannes SixtJul 22, 2008
  21. Jeff KingJul 22, 2008
  22. Johannes SixtJul 22, 2008
  23. Junio C HamanoJul 22, 2008
  24. Jeff KingJul 22, 2008
  25. David BremnerJul 22, 2008
  26. Johannes SixtJul 22, 2008
  27. Jeff KingJul 22, 2008
  28. Johannes SixtJul 22, 2008
  29. Ask Bjørn HansenJul 24, 2008
  30. Jeff KingJul 24, 2008

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