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Subject: Re: [PATCH] prompt: squelch error output from cat
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 16:39:42 +0200
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Hi,

On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 07:16:49PM +0530, Ramkumar Ramachandra wrote:
> The files $g/rebase-{merge,apply}/{head-name,msgnum,end} are not
> guaranteed to exist.  When attempting to cat them, squelch the error
> output to get rid of messages like these:
>=20
>   cat: .git/rebase-merge/msgnum: No such file or directory
>   cat: .git/rebase-merge/end: No such file or directory
>=20
> Signed-off-by: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com>

Makes sense.

Just curious: when do those files don't exist?  When using an older
version of git with a newer prompt, obviously, but are there other
cases?

Thanks,
G=E1bor