Hello, Is this proper behaviour: root# su <username> -c "git commit --quiet -a -m \"templates generation\";" # On branch master nothing to commit (working directory clean) root# echo $? 1 root# git --version git version 1.7.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html