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author | Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> | 2018-01-10 12:55:53 +0000 |
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committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2018-01-10 15:08:14 -0800 |
commit | 9bd2ce543298c9b2f1a6d1bb8ffef18295ccfec7 (patch) | |
tree | a963d90de9ef70e65930dfc3540b6bbaaa36eea5 /builtin | |
parent | Prepare for 2.15.2 (diff) | |
download | tgif-9bd2ce543298c9b2f1a6d1bb8ffef18295ccfec7.tar.xz |
cat-file doc: document that -e will return some output
The -e option added in 7950571ad7 ("A few more options for
git-cat-file", 2005-12-03) has always errored out with message on
stderr saying that the provided object is malformed, like this:
$ git cat-file -e malformed; echo $?
fatal: Not a valid object name malformed
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A reader of this documentation may be misled into thinking that
if ! git cat-file -e "$object" [...]
as opposed to:
if ! git cat-file -e "$object" 2>/dev/null [...]
is sufficient to implement a truly silent test that checks whether
some arbitrary $object string was both valid, and pointed to an
object that exists.
Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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