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-rw-r--r--Documentation/technical/api-run-command.txt6
-rw-r--r--editor.c2
-rw-r--r--run-command.c2
-rwxr-xr-xt/test-terminal.perl2
4 files changed, 5 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-run-command.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-run-command.txt
index f18b4f4817..5d7d7f2d32 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/api-run-command.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/api-run-command.txt
@@ -55,10 +55,8 @@ The functions above do the following:
non-zero.
. If the program terminated due to a signal, then the return value is the
- signal number - 128, ie. it is negative and so indicates an unusual
- condition; a diagnostic is printed. This return value can be passed to
- exit(2), which will report the same code to the parent process that a
- POSIX shell's $? would report for a program that died from the signal.
+ signal number + 128, ie. the same value that a POSIX shell's $? would
+ report. A diagnostic is printed.
`start_async`::
diff --git a/editor.c b/editor.c
index 065a7abf2f..27bdecdaf3 100644
--- a/editor.c
+++ b/editor.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ int launch_editor(const char *path, struct strbuf *buffer, const char *const *en
sigchain_push(SIGINT, SIG_IGN);
sigchain_push(SIGQUIT, SIG_IGN);
ret = finish_command(&p);
- sig = ret + 128;
+ sig = ret - 128;
sigchain_pop(SIGINT);
sigchain_pop(SIGQUIT);
if (sig == SIGINT || sig == SIGQUIT)
diff --git a/run-command.c b/run-command.c
index 24eaad5c66..04712191e8 100644
--- a/run-command.c
+++ b/run-command.c
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ static int wait_or_whine(pid_t pid, const char *argv0)
* mimics the exit code that a POSIX shell would report for
* a program that died from this signal.
*/
- code -= 128;
+ code += 128;
} else if (WIFEXITED(status)) {
code = WEXITSTATUS(status);
/*
diff --git a/t/test-terminal.perl b/t/test-terminal.perl
index 10172aee18..1fb373f25b 100755
--- a/t/test-terminal.perl
+++ b/t/test-terminal.perl
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ sub finish_child {
} elsif ($? & 127) {
my $code = $? & 127;
warn "died of signal $code";
- return $code - 128;
+ return $code + 128;
} else {
return $? >> 8;
}