Re: Why usage function exit with code 129?

From: Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Date: Jan 6, 2012, 07:22 UTC
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2012/1/6 徐迪 <xudifsd@gmail.com>:

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> I did like this:
> $ git add --foo
> $ echo $?
> what I got is 129, should this code being used as program terminated
> due to a signal? Cause it's 128+1. According to this[1].

usage() (in your case) always returns 129, die() 128. See 5d1a5c0 ([PATCH] Better error reporting for "git status")

> [1] http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/exitcodes.html

No it does not mean terminated by signals.

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Duy