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From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: stdout versus stderr for cmd line git
Date: Thu, 9 May 2013 20:28:43 -0700
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Hi,

Michael Hunley wrote:

> Ok, we can filter that out.  But worse is that actual errors in a pull
> request are sent to stdout instead of standard error.  For example,
> merge conflicts or pull failures because you have unstaged changes.

Yes, errors and progress output should go to stderr.  The git-pull.sh
script is pretty old and is probably just a bit sloppy about
forgetting to redirect output from "echo".  Patches welcome.
(See Documentation/SubmittingPatches for details.)

Hope that helps,
Jonathan