# [RFC] subtree: use say and exit 0 rather than die in case of no new revision found scenario

2 messages from 2020-05-06 to 2020-05-06. Participants: Claus Schneider, Taylor Blau.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/53411

## Claus Schneider, 2020-05-06 13:11

Subject: [RFC] subtree: use say and exit 0 rather than die in case of no new revision found scenario
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Hi..

Currently subtree dies if "No new revisions found" which is hard as it
is a non-operation.

I suggest using the "say" command rather than "die".

It will then become easier just to call "git subtree split" and you do
not need to handle this special case.

Patches can be found here:
https://github.com/git/git/commit/fe435a1ba128698f6acb69ee1891c45be32610fa

Best regards
Claus Schneider

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## Taylor Blau, 2020-05-06 17:37

Subject: Re: [RFC] subtree: use say and exit 0 rather than die in case of no new revision found scenario
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Hi Claus,

On Wed, May 06, 2020 at 03:11:49PM +0200, Claus Schneider wrote:
> Hi..
>
> Currently subtree dies if "No new revisions found" which is hard as it
> is a non-operation.
>
> I suggest using the "say" command rather than "die".
>
> It will then become easier just to call "git subtree split" and you do
> not need to handle this special case.
>
> Patches can be found here:
> https://github.com/git/git/commit/fe435a1ba128698f6acb69ee1891c45be32610fa

Thanks for your patch. The Git mailing list reviews patches over email,
so please re-submit this (and the other two patches) you sent to the
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> Best regards
> Claus Schneider

Thanks,
Taylor

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