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Re: [BUG] Documentation: git log: --exit-code undocumented?

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Dec 1, 2014, 16:37 UTC
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Sergey Organov <sorganov@gmail.com> writes:
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> Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
>
>> Sergey Organov <sorganov@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> $ git help log | grep exit-code
>>>            problems are found. Not compatible with --exit-code.
>>> $
>>>
>>> What --exit-code does in "git log"?
>>
>> It doesn't.  That is why it is not listed.
>
> Then, how can --check possibly interfer with it?

The description is shared with "git diff" and friends, which is invoked via "git log -p". As "log" does not give the exit code of individual "diff-tree" invocation for each commit, --exit-code option is irrelevant.

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  2. Junio C HamanoDec 1, 2014
  3. Sergey OrganovDec 1, 2014
  4. Junio C HamanoDec 1, 2014
  5. Sergey OrganovDec 1, 2014
  6. David KastrupDec 1, 2014
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  9. Sergey OrganovDec 2, 2014
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