On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 02:22:19AM -0400, Jeff King wrote:
> And this might be a good follow-on:
>
> -- >8 --
> Subject: [PATCH] gitignore: report access errors of exclude files
And if we are going to do that, then we almost certainly want to do
this.
-- >8 --
Subject: [PATCH] attr: warn on inaccessible attribute files
Just like config and gitignore files, we silently ignore
missing or inaccessible attribute files. An existent but
inaccessible file is probably a configuration error, so
let's warn the user.
Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx>
---
attr.c | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/attr.c b/attr.c
index b52efb5..cab01b8 100644
--- a/attr.c
+++ b/attr.c
@@ -352,8 +352,11 @@ static struct attr_stack *read_attr_from_file(const char *path, int macro_ok)
char buf[2048];
int lineno = 0;
- if (!fp)
+ if (!fp) {
+ if (errno != ENOENT)
+ warning(_("unable to access '%s': %s"), path, strerror(errno));
return NULL;
+ }
res = xcalloc(1, sizeof(*res));
while (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp))
handle_attr_line(res, buf, path, ++lineno, macro_ok);
--
1.7.12.4.g4e9f38f
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