The old code will write "We are not bisection." to stderr when, well,
we're not bisecting. This message suggested an alternative
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> +}
> +
> int cmd_bisect__helper(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
> {
> enum {
> @@ -916,7 +928,8 @@ int cmd_bisect__helper(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
> BISECT_AUTOSTART,
> BISECT_NEXT,
> BISECT_AUTO_NEXT,
> - BISECT_STATE
> + BISECT_STATE,
> + BISECT_LOG
> } cmdmode = 0;
> int res = 0, nolog = 0;
> struct option options[] = {
> @@ -938,6 +951,8 @@ int cmd_bisect__helper(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
> N_("verify the next bisection state then checkout the next bisection commit"), BISECT_AUTO_NEXT),
> OPT_CMDMODE(0, "bisect-state", &cmdmode,
> N_("mark the state of ref (or refs)"), BISECT_STATE),
> + OPT_CMDMODE(0, "bisect-log", &cmdmode,
> + N_("list the bisection steps so far"), BISECT_LOG),
> OPT_BOOL(0, "no-log", &nolog,
> N_("no log for BISECT_WRITE")),
> OPT_END()
> @@ -1000,6 +1015,11 @@ int cmd_bisect__helper(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
> get_terms(&terms);
> res = bisect_state(&terms, argv, argc);
> break;
> + case BISECT_LOG:
> + if (argc)
> + return error(_("--bisect-log requires 0 arguments"));
> + res = bisect_log();
> + break;
> default:
> BUG("unknown subcommand %d", cmdmode);
> }
> diff --git a/git-bisect.sh b/git-bisect.sh
> index 1f3f6e9fc5..05863cc142 100755
> --- a/git-bisect.sh
> +++ b/git-bisect.sh
> @@ -169,11 +169,6 @@ exit code \$res from '\$command' is < 0 or >= 128" >&2
> done
> }
>
> -bisect_log () {
> - test -s "$GIT_DIR/BISECT_LOG" || die "$(gettext "We are not bisecting.")"
> - cat "$GIT_DIR/BISECT_LOG"
> -}
> -
> get_terms () {
> if test -s "$GIT_DIR/BISECT_TERMS"
> then
> @@ -210,7 +205,7 @@ case "$#" in
> replay)
> bisect_replay "$@" ;;
> log)
> - bisect_log ;;
> + git bisect--helper --bisect-log || exit ;;The original code was "die" when no bisect_log available.
I think we need to "exit 1" here to indicate a failure, i.e.
git bisect--helper --bisect-log || exit 1 ;;