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From: Konstantin Khomoutov <kostix@bswap.ru>
To: Git Mailing List <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Pressing Ctrl-C during 'git checkout <branch-name>' messes up the repository
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2023 12:18:49 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20230717091849.z7bvqbygbpg4sluk@carbon> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ZLM4sTUjBQt4QMfG@tapette.crustytoothpaste.net>

"brian m. carlson" <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net> writes:

> I would disagree here.  When the user has hit Ctrl-C, they want to
> interrupt the operation.  That's literally why a SIGINT (interrupt)
> signal is sent.

Just a fun remark: that "INT" in SIGINT stands for "INTeractive attention",
and IIUC, relabeling it as a request for interruption in the public
consciousness is likely the result of that signal having been left in its
default disposition in most of the software which was in use then, which
naturally made the signal work as a termination signal ;-)


  parent reply	other threads:[~2023-07-17 10:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-07-15  4:26 Pressing Ctrl-C during 'git checkout <branch-name>' messes up the repository Yuri
2023-07-16  0:24 ` brian m. carlson
2023-07-16  1:15   ` Junio C Hamano
2023-07-17  0:16   ` Yuri
2023-07-17  9:18   ` Konstantin Khomoutov [this message]
2023-07-17 16:35     ` Andreas Schwab

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