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Re: [PATCH] cat-file --batch / --batch-check: do not exit if hashes are missing

From
Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Jun 9, 2008, 01:02 UTC
Message-ID
<alpine.DEB.1.00.0806090201090.1783@racer>
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<484C73DA.10804@gmail.com>
Hi,
On Mon, 9 Jun 2008, Lea Wiemann wrote:
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> Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> > Lea Wiemann wrote:
> > > -	if (type <= 0)
> > > -		return 1;
> > > +	if (type <= 0) {
> > > +		printf("%s missing\n", obj_name);
> > > +		fflush(stdout);
> > > +		return 0;
> > > +	}
> > 
> > Is it really intended that it returns 0 now?
> 
> Yes, return 0 causes it to not exit (which is the desired effect, as in
> documented).

That is unexpected. IMO this is a bug. rev-parse I can understand, but cat-file not failing when it clearly did not find the object?

Ciao, Dscho

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  1. cat-file --batch / --batch-check: do not exit if hashes are missingLea Wiemann, Jun 8, 2008
  2. Johannes SchindelinJun 8, 2008
  3. Lea WiemannJun 9, 2008
  4. Johannes SchindelinJun 9, 2008
  5. Lea WiemannJun 9, 2008
  6. Jakub NarebskiJun 9, 2008
  7. Lea WiemannJun 9, 2008
  8. cat-file --batch / --batch-check: do not exit if hashes are missingLea Wiemann, Jun 9, 2008
  9. Junio C HamanoJun 9, 2008
  10. Junio C HamanoJun 9, 2008
  11. Johannes SixtJun 9, 2008
  12. Lea WiemannJun 9, 2008

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