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Re: [PATCH v7 02/40] builtin/apply: make apply_patch() return -1 instead of die()ing

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jun 14, 2016, 17:50 UTC
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Christian Couder <christian.couder@gmail.com> writes:
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>> Before this patch, the program said "fatal: $message" and exited
>> with status = 128.  All these changes in this step modifies the
>> external behaviour and make it say "error: $message" and exit with
>> status = 1 (at least the caller in apply_all_patches() does so).
>>
>> Will that be an issue for the calling scripts?
>
> Hopefully the scripts don't check the specific error code and message.

The error codes are designed to be a vehicle that carries information in a robust way, so it is perfectly understandable if the callers used it to tell hopelessly broken input that caused "die" and an otherwise sensible patch that does not happen to apply. Whoever is changing the external behaviour is responsible for making sure the existing callers are not broken.

Hope is not a sound software engineering practice.
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Message 45 of 46 in “libify apply and use lib in am, part 2”
  1. 00/40 libify apply and use lib in am, part 2Christian Couder, Jun 13, 2016
  2. 05/40 builtin/apply: make parse_chunk() return a negative integer on errorChristian Couder, Jun 13, 2016
  3. 01/40 apply: move 'struct apply_state' to apply.hChristian Couder, Jun 13, 2016
  4. Junio C HamanoJun 13, 2016
  5. Christian CouderJun 14, 2016
  6. 07/40 builtin/apply: make parse_whitespace_option() return -1 instead of die()ingChristian Couder, Jun 13, 2016
  7. 09/40 builtin/apply: move init_apply_state() to apply.cChristian Couder, Jun 13, 2016
  8. 13/40 builtin/apply: make apply_all_patches() return -1 on errorChristian Couder, Jun 13, 2016
  9. 20/40 builtin/apply: make add_conflicted_stages_file() return -1 on errorChristian Couder, Jun 13, 2016
  10. 17/40 builtin/apply: change die_on_unsafe_path() to check_unsafe_path()Christian Couder, Jun 13, 2016
  11. 18/40 builtin/apply: make build_fake_ancestor() return -1 on errorChristian Couder, Jun 13, 2016
  12. 23/40 builtin/apply: make write_out_one_result() return -1 on errorChristian Couder, Jun 13, 2016
  13. 26/40 builtin/apply: make create_one_file() return -1 on errorChristian Couder, Jun 13, 2016
  14. 27/40 builtin/apply: rename option parsing functionsChristian Couder, Jun 13, 2016
  15. 28/40 apply: rename and move opt constants to apply.hChristian Couder, Jun 13, 2016
  16. 31/40 environment: add set_index_file()Christian Couder, Jun 13, 2016
  17. 32/40 write_or_die: use warning() instead of fprintf(stderr, ...)Christian Couder, Jun 13, 2016
  18. 22/40 builtin/apply: make create_file() return -1 on errorChristian Couder, Jun 13, 2016
  19. 24/40 builtin/apply: make write_out_results() return -1 on errorChristian Couder, Jun 13, 2016
  20. 34/40 apply: make 'be_silent' incompatible with 'apply_verbosely'Christian Couder, Jun 13, 2016
  21. 40/40 apply: use error_errno() where possibleChristian Couder, Jun 13, 2016
  22. 33/40 apply: add 'be_silent' variable to 'struct apply_state'Christian Couder, Jun 13, 2016
  23. 39/40 builtin/am: use apply api in run_apply()Christian Couder, Jun 13, 2016
  24. 35/40 apply: don't print on stdout when be_silent is setChristian Couder, Jun 13, 2016
  25. 38/40 apply: change error_routine when be_silent is setChristian Couder, Jun 13, 2016
  26. 25/40 builtin/apply: make try_create_file() return -1 on errorChristian Couder, Jun 13, 2016
  27. 36/40 usage: add set_warn_routine()Christian Couder, Jun 13, 2016
  28. 37/40 usage: add get_error_routine() and get_warn_routine()Christian Couder, Jun 13, 2016
  29. 21/40 builtin/apply: make add_index_file() return -1 on errorChristian Couder, Jun 13, 2016
  30. 30/40 apply: make some parsing functions static againChristian Couder, Jun 13, 2016
  31. 08/40 builtin/apply: make parse_ignorewhitespace_option() return -1 instead of die()ingChristian Couder, Jun 13, 2016
  32. 11/40 builtin/apply: make check_apply_state() return -1 instead of die()ingChristian Couder, Jun 13, 2016
  33. 16/40 builtin/apply: make gitdiff_*() return -1 on errorChristian Couder, Jun 13, 2016
  34. 15/40 builtin/apply: make gitdiff_*() return 1 at end of headerChristian Couder, Jun 13, 2016
  35. 03/40 builtin/apply: read_patch_file() return -1 instead of die()ingChristian Couder, Jun 13, 2016
  36. 10/40 apply: make init_apply_state() return -1 instead of exit()ingChristian Couder, Jun 13, 2016
  37. 14/40 builtin/apply: make parse_traditional_patch() return -1 on errorChristian Couder, Jun 13, 2016
  38. 19/40 builtin/apply: make remove_file() return -1 on errorChristian Couder, Jun 13, 2016
  39. 12/40 builtin/apply: move check_apply_state() to apply.cChristian Couder, Jun 13, 2016
  40. 06/40 builtin/apply: make parse_single_patch() return -1 on errorChristian Couder, Jun 13, 2016
  41. 04/40 builtin/apply: make find_header() return -1 instead of die()ingChristian Couder, Jun 13, 2016
  42. 02/40 builtin/apply: make apply_patch() return -1 instead of die()ingChristian Couder, Jun 13, 2016
  43. Junio C HamanoJun 13, 2016
  44. Christian CouderJun 14, 2016
  45. Junio C HamanoJun 14, 2016
  46. Christian CouderJun 13, 2016

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