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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/technical/api-error-handling.txt | 7 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-error-handling.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-error-handling.txt index ceeedd485c..71486abb2f 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/api-error-handling.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/api-error-handling.txt @@ -1,8 +1,11 @@ Error reporting in git ====================== -`die`, `usage`, `error`, and `warning` report errors of various -kinds. +`BUG`, `die`, `usage`, `error`, and `warning` report errors of +various kinds. + +- `BUG` is for failed internal assertions that should never happen, + i.e. a bug in git itself. - `die` is for fatal application errors. It prints a message to the user and exits with status 128. |