From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Cc: Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>,
git@vger.kernel.org, Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>,
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/14] copy_fd: pass error message back through a strbuf
Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2014 12:28:05 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20141203202805.GB6527@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqqzjb4h823.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com>
Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> writes:
>> -extern int copy_fd(int ifd, int ofd);
>> +extern int copy_fd(int ifd, int ofd, struct strbuf *err);
>
> It is not limited to this single function, but what contract do we
> envision this "error messages are given back to the caller via
> strbuf" convention should give between the callers and the callee?
Good point. I'll add a Documentation/technical/api-error-handling.txt
describing die(), error(), warning(), and the strbuf-based method.
Thanks,
Jonathan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-12-03 20:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 83+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-11-17 22:14 [PATCH] copy.c: make copy_fd preserve meaningful errno Stefan Beller
2014-11-17 23:08 ` Junio C Hamano
2014-11-17 23:13 ` Stefan Beller
2014-11-17 23:35 ` Jonathan Nieder
2014-11-18 0:18 ` Stefan Beller
2014-11-18 0:48 ` Jonathan Nieder
2014-11-18 1:01 ` Stefan Beller
2014-12-03 5:02 ` [PATCH 0/14] " Jonathan Nieder
2014-12-03 5:10 ` [PATCH 01/14] strbuf: introduce strbuf_prefixf() Jonathan Nieder
2014-12-03 20:10 ` Eric Sunshine
2014-12-03 20:14 ` Jonathan Nieder
2014-12-03 21:45 ` Junio C Hamano
2014-12-03 21:59 ` Jonathan Nieder
2014-12-03 22:09 ` Jonathan Nieder
2014-12-03 22:40 ` Junio C Hamano
2014-12-03 5:12 ` [PATCH 02/14] add_to_alternates_file: respect GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY Jonathan Nieder
2014-12-03 18:53 ` Junio C Hamano
2014-12-03 5:13 ` [PATCH 03/14] copy_fd: pass error message back through a strbuf Jonathan Nieder
2014-12-03 19:01 ` Junio C Hamano
2014-12-03 20:28 ` Jonathan Nieder [this message]
2014-12-03 21:00 ` Jeff King
2014-12-03 21:38 ` Jonathan Nieder
2014-12-04 7:59 ` Jeff King
2014-12-04 8:36 ` Stefan Beller
2014-12-04 9:04 ` Jeff King
2014-12-10 17:02 ` Michael Haggerty
2014-12-10 19:00 ` Junio C Hamano
2014-12-10 19:14 ` Jeff King
2014-12-04 3:01 ` [PATCH/RFC] doc: document error handling functions and conventions (Re: [PATCH 03/14] copy_fd: pass error message back through a strbuf) Jonathan Nieder
2014-12-04 23:27 ` Junio C Hamano
2014-12-04 23:37 ` Jonathan Nieder
2014-12-04 23:41 ` Jonathan Nieder
2014-12-04 23:44 ` Jeff King
2014-12-04 23:52 ` Junio C Hamano
2014-12-05 0:01 ` Jeff King
2014-12-05 18:00 ` Junio C Hamano
2014-12-07 10:07 ` Jeff King
2014-12-09 18:43 ` Junio C Hamano
2014-12-09 18:49 ` Jeff King
2015-02-12 23:08 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-02-17 15:50 ` Michael Haggerty
2015-02-17 16:03 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-02-17 16:05 ` Jeff King
2015-02-17 22:46 ` Junio C Hamano
2014-12-03 20:02 ` [PATCH 03/14] copy_fd: pass error message back through a strbuf Junio C Hamano
2014-12-03 20:18 ` Jonathan Nieder
2014-12-03 21:43 ` Junio C Hamano
2014-12-03 21:51 ` Jonathan Nieder
2014-12-03 20:20 ` Stefan Beller
2014-12-03 5:14 ` [PATCH 04/14] hold_lock_file_for_append: " Jonathan Nieder
2014-12-03 6:09 ` Torsten Bögershausen
2014-12-03 7:04 ` Jonathan Nieder
2014-12-03 5:16 ` [PATCH 05/14] lock_packed_refs: " Jonathan Nieder
2014-12-03 5:19 ` [PATCH 06/14] lockfile: introduce flag for locks outside .git Jonathan Nieder
2014-12-03 23:13 ` Junio C Hamano
2014-12-03 23:24 ` Jonathan Nieder
2014-12-03 23:25 ` Junio C Hamano
2014-12-03 23:29 ` Jonathan Nieder
2014-12-03 23:38 ` Junio C Hamano
2014-12-03 23:41 ` Jonathan Nieder
2014-12-03 23:43 ` Junio C Hamano
2014-12-03 23:57 ` Jeff King
2014-12-04 5:51 ` Junio C Hamano
2014-12-04 17:56 ` Jonathan Nieder
2014-12-03 5:19 ` [PATCH 07/14] fast-import: use message from lockfile API when writing marks fails Jonathan Nieder
2014-12-03 5:20 ` [PATCH 08/14] credentials: use message from lockfile API when locking ~/.git-credentials fails Jonathan Nieder
2014-12-03 5:21 ` [PATCH 09/14] config: use message from lockfile API when locking config file fails Jonathan Nieder
2014-12-03 19:59 ` Junio C Hamano
2014-12-03 20:16 ` Jonathan Nieder
2014-12-03 5:22 ` [PATCH 10/14] rerere: error out on autoupdate failure Jonathan Nieder
2014-12-03 5:25 ` [PATCH 11/14] hold_locked_index: pass error message back through a strbuf Jonathan Nieder
2014-12-03 5:26 ` [PATCH 12/14] hold_lock_file_for_update: " Jonathan Nieder
2014-12-03 18:53 ` Jonathan Nieder
2014-12-03 5:26 ` [PATCH 13/14] lockfile: remove unused function 'unable_to_lock_die' Jonathan Nieder
2014-12-03 5:27 ` [PATCH 14/14] lockfile: make 'unable_to_lock_message' private Jonathan Nieder
2014-12-03 20:42 ` Stefan Beller
2014-11-18 16:32 ` [PATCH] copy.c: make copy_fd preserve meaningful errno Junio C Hamano
2014-11-18 17:08 ` Junio C Hamano
2014-11-21 9:14 ` Michael Haggerty
2014-11-21 9:17 ` Michael Haggerty
2014-11-21 17:48 ` Junio C Hamano
2014-11-21 17:54 ` Jeff King
2014-11-21 18:31 ` Junio C Hamano
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