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Re: [PATCH 0/2] the cat-file -e option doesn't work as documented

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jan 10, 2018, 20:50 UTC
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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
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> I am kind of confused.  
>
> When the doc there says "no output", I read it as "no output", and
> no other restriction (like suppressing an error diagnosis, which is
> not even sent to the standard output stream).

Ah, OK, so you were saying with 1/2 that "output" could mean "something sent to standard error stream" as well and can be helped with a more explicit clarification. Makes sense to me (sort-of).

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  1. 0/2 the cat-file -e option doesn't work as documentedÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jan 10, 2018
  2. 2/2 cat-file: -e should not emit output on stderrÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jan 10, 2018
  3. 1/2 cat-file doc: document that -e will return some outputÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jan 10, 2018
  4. Junio C HamanoJan 10, 2018
  5. Junio C HamanoJan 10, 2018
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