From: Eric Sunshine Date: Wed, 01 Dec 2021 21:57:01 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] CodingGuidelines: document which output goes to stdout vs. stderr Message-ID: In-Reply-To: On Wed, Dec 1, 2021 at 4:36 PM Junio C Hamano wrote: > Eric Sunshine writes: > > However, I can certainly change these to say "Git command" if you > > think it would make the intent clearer, and can update the final point > > to say: > > > > Error messages from Git commands should always > > be sent to the stderr stream. > > In an earlier round, I think there was a version without "should" in > there, but I am sure we have bugs that do not follow the guideline. > The proposed phrasing sounds good to me. Yes, the addition of "should" was intentional, though not for any concrete reason (it just felt appropriate). I don't feel strongly either way.