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Re: [PATCH v5 3/7] change `git_config()` return value to void

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Matthieu Moy <matthieu.moy@grenoble-inp.fr>
Date
Jul 31, 2014, 11:32 UTC
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Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@grenoble-inp.fr> writes:
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> Tanay Abhra <tanayabh@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Signed-off-by: Tanay Abhra <tanayabh@gmail.com>
>
> I think I deserve a bit of credit here ;-).
>
>>  {
>> -	return git_config_with_options(fn, data, NULL, 1);
>> +	if (git_config_with_options(fn, data, NULL, 1) < 0)
>> +		/*
>> +		 * git_config_with_options() normally returns only
>> +		 * positive values, as most errors are fatal, and
>> +		 * non-fatal potential errors are guarded by "if"
>> +		 * statements that are entered only when no error is
>> +		 * possible.
>> +		 *
>> +		 * If we ever encounter a non-fatal error, it means
>> +		 * something went really wrong and we should stop
>> +		 * immediately.
>> +		 */
>> +		die("Unknown error occured while reading the configuration files");
>>  }
>
> My bad, but this should be die(_("..."));, so that the message can be
> translated. Not really serious since it's not really meant to be seen by
> the user, though.

Also, other error messages do not start with a capital, hence it should be "unknown..., not "Unknown. My bad again.

-- 
Matthieu Moy
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Message 6 of 14 in “Rewrite `git_config()` using config-set API”
  1. 0/7 Rewrite `git_config()` using config-set APITanay Abhra, Jul 31, 2014
  2. 1/7 config.c: fix accuracy of line number in errorsTanay Abhra, Jul 31, 2014
  3. 2/7 add line number and file name info to `config_set`Tanay Abhra, Jul 31, 2014
  4. 3/7 change `git_config()` return value to voidTanay Abhra, Jul 31, 2014
  5. Matthieu MoyJul 31, 2014
  6. Matthieu MoyJul 31, 2014
  7. Tanay AbhraJul 31, 2014
  8. Matthieu MoyJul 31, 2014
  9. 4/7 rewrite git_config() to use the config-set APITanay Abhra, Jul 31, 2014
  10. Matthieu MoyJul 31, 2014
  11. 5/7 add a test for semantic errors in config filesTanay Abhra, Jul 31, 2014
  12. 6/7 config: add `git_die_config()` to the config-set APITanay Abhra, Jul 31, 2014
  13. Matthieu MoyJul 31, 2014
  14. 7/7 add tests for `git_config_get_string_const()`Tanay Abhra, Jul 31, 2014

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