From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
To: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
Cc: Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>, git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Allow git-diff exit with codes similar to diff(1)
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 18:23:50 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <7v1wjsipnd.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.63.0703140201240.22628@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de> (Johannes Schindelin's message of "Wed, 14 Mar 2007 02:03:16 +0100 (CET)")
Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:
> Hi,
>
> On Wed, 14 Mar 2007, Alex Riesen wrote:
>
>> This introduces a new command-line option: --exit-code. The diff
>> programs will return 1 for differences, return 0 for equality, and
>> something else for errors.
>
> I am not convinced that this exit code (even if expected by experience)
> makes sense. A diff should _only_ fail if anything goes _wrong_, not if
> the files are _different. That is what cmp is for, no?
Not really, if you are used to use diff as a replacement for
cmp.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-03-14 1:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-03-14 0:17 [PATCH] Allow git-diff exit with codes similar to diff(1) Alex Riesen
2007-03-14 1:03 ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-03-14 1:20 ` Linus Torvalds
2007-03-14 1:23 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2007-03-14 1:13 ` Linus Torvalds
2007-03-14 1:18 ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-03-14 1:34 ` Linus Torvalds
2007-03-14 1:38 ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-03-14 8:37 ` Alex Riesen
2007-03-14 12:05 ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-03-14 12:26 ` Alex Riesen
2007-03-14 12:31 ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-03-15 12:49 ` Simon 'corecode' Schubert
2007-03-15 13:56 ` Alex Riesen
2007-03-14 1:31 ` Junio C Hamano
2007-03-14 8:19 ` Alex Riesen
2007-03-14 8:58 ` Junio C Hamano
2007-03-14 9:06 ` Junio C Hamano
2007-03-14 9:07 ` Alex Riesen
2007-03-14 9:36 ` Junio C Hamano
2007-03-14 9:46 ` Alex Riesen
2007-03-14 4:56 ` Junio C Hamano
2007-03-14 8:28 ` Alex Riesen
2007-03-14 9:04 ` Junio C Hamano
2007-03-14 14:01 ` Alex Riesen
2007-03-14 16:14 ` Junio C Hamano
2007-03-14 16:33 ` Alex Riesen
2007-03-14 16:37 ` Junio C Hamano
2007-03-14 17:12 ` Alex Riesen
2007-03-14 17:20 ` Junio C Hamano
2007-03-14 17:06 ` Junio C Hamano
2007-03-14 17:15 ` Alex Riesen
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