I did like this: $ git add --foo $ echo $? what I got is 129, should this code being used as program terminated due to a signal? Cause it's 128+1. According to this[1]. [1] http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/exitcodes.html -- 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