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Re: Git branch outputs usage message on stderr

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jan 15, 2025, 21:13 UTC
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"Kristoffer Haugsbakk" <kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com> writes:
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>> and replaces it with
>>
>> 	show_usage_help(argc, argv, usage, options);
>>
>> to help correct code paths (there are 40 or so of them).
>>
>> Suggested-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
>
> +Reported-by: Jonas Konrad <jonas.konrad@uni-muenster.de>

Not on this patch, but it would be a good addition to a follow-up patch that uses this new API function to update builtin/branch.c (which I do not plan to do myself).

Thanks.
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  5. Kristoffer HaugsbakkJan 15, 2025
  6. Jeff KingJan 15, 2025
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  22. Junio C HamanoJan 15, 2025
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