Re: [BUG] Strange git notes completion behaviour

From: D. Ben Knoble <ben.knoble@gmail.com>
Date: Oct 21, 2025, 21:32 UTC
Message-ID: <CALnO6CD8JU2qMCnC=qQmNOV6Wy1ZnveT3tRxUz1E0LVMj5oU9w@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <012601dc42ce$a1adcb50$e50961f0$@nexbridge.com>

On Tue, Oct 21, 2025 at 5:07 PM <rsbecker@nexbridge.com> wrote:

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> Hi All,
>
> I tried the following in git 2.51.0 on NonStop (big endian x86):
>
> git notes add -m "Test Note" HEAD
> git notes show HEAD
>
> The git notes show reports a completion code of 037777777764 (-12). This
> gets
> hidden by bash, which truncates negative results so it shows as 0, not -12.
> This
> only seems to happen in git notes show, not any other commands or
> sub-commands. I checked in gdb and this is in fact happening. Anywhere I can
> look to try to find where this is failing?
>
> --Randall

Exit code or shell (tab) completion? I'm a bit confused, so maybe someone else is, too.

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D. Ben Knoble