Re: [PATCH] t0005: skip signal death exit code test on Windows
On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 1:44 AM, Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote:
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> On Thu, Jun 06, 2013 at 01:41:05AM -0500, Felipe Contreras wrote:
>
>> > Thanks. I wasn't quite clear on how the signal handling worked on
>> > Windows, but from your description, I agree there is not any point in
>> > running the test at all.
>>
>> Shouldn't we clarify that Git exit codes only work on UNIX-like
>> operating systems?
>
> Clarify where?
Documentation/technical/api-run-command.txt
> My impression is that this issue is well-known in the
> msys world, and it is a platform issue, not a git issue. If somebody
> wants to write a note somewhere in the git documentation, that's fine
> with me, but I'm not clear on exactly what it would even say.
That the exit code is not the same in Windows (not msys).
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Felipe Contreras
Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>