From: Anders Melchiorsen <mail@cup.kalibalik.dk>
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 21:53:13 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] Advertise the ability to abort a commit
Message-ID: <87tze7qbsm.fsf@cup.kalibalik.dk>
In-Reply-To: <32541b130807301409t2f1f3a80n44c62447c628f03a@mail.gmail.com>

"Avery Pennarun" <apenwarr@gmail.com> writes:

> The patch uses a non-zero exit code, which is an error status. But
> as that's the case, I'm not sure why it's described in the changelog
> as treating it "not as an error."

A matter of terminology, I guess. Apologies if I used the wrong word.

I figured that a non-zero return value was not necessarily an error,
but could also be an unusual exit. Like when calling "git" for help.

However, printing out "fatal:" and a lowercase note is definitely an
error situation.


Cheers,
Anders.