Re: [PATCH] Reintegrate: send "Huh?" warnings to stderr, not stdout
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- Erik Cervin Edin <erik@cervined.in>
- Date
- May 4, 2026, 10:03 UTC
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- <afht-MqIGaZLwbnY@mbp>
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- <5a821f71-3d6e-4942-9bdb-257617484a6b@malon.dev>
On 26/04/29 02:05AM, Tian Yuchen wrote:
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> It would be better for me if this sentence (i.e., what was the code > originally *intended* to do before the patch?) were placed right at the > beginning. Something similar to: > > In show_merge(), the warning "Huh?: $msg" is emitted to stdout because it > uses the erroneous redirect `echo 2>&1`. The intent was clearly to use `>&2` > to print to stderr... > > Of course, it’s up to you ;)
Good point! I hoisted the intent up to the opening paragraph; took the spirit of your wording rather than copying it verbatim, and tightened the rest while I was at it.