From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 01:03:16 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Allow git-diff exit with codes similar to diff(1)
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