Re: [PATCH] Allow git-diff exit with codes similar to diff(1)

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Mar 14, 2007, 01:03 UTC
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.63.0703140201240.22628@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>
In-Reply-To: <81b0412b0703131717k7106ee1cg964628f0bda2c83e@mail.gmail.com>

Hi,

On Wed, 14 Mar 2007, Alex Riesen wrote:

> This introduces a new command-line option: --exit-code. The diff 
> programs will return 1 for differences, return 0 for equality, and 
> something else for errors.

I am not convinced that this exit code (even if expected by experience) makes sense. A diff should _only_ fail if anything goes _wrong_, not if the files are _different. That is what cmp is for, no?

Ciao, Dscho

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