On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 04:02:32PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> >> Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> writes:
> >>
> >> > +proc refresh_index {} {
> >> > + global need_index_refresh
> >> > + if { $need_index_refresh } {
> >> > + exec sh -c "git update-index --refresh >/dev/null 2>&1 || true"
> >>
> >> I think the usual idiom for ignoring errors is to use catch around exec,
> >> avoiding the extra shell wrapper:
> >>
> >> catch { exec git update-index --refresh }
> >
> > Thanks. I don't speak tcl at all, but your version makes much more
> > sense.
>
> But isn't the redirection still needed? Otherwise the "Needs
> update" messages will go to the terminal, no?
I think the weird tcl-catches-stderr thing kicks in (at least it did for
me in a simple experiment). But like I said, I am not an expert.
-Peff
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