Re: [PATCH] mailsplit.c: remove dead code

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> Stefan Beller <stefanbeller@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>
>>> +	if (is_bare && !allow_bare) {
>>> +		unlink(name);
>>> +		fprintf(stderr, "corrupt mailbox\n");
>>> +		exit(1);
>>> +	}
>>
>> Not directly related to your patch, but shouldn't this be using
>>
>> die(_("corrupt mailbox"));
>>
>> instead?
>
> Doesn't the exit status of mailsplit matter to its existing
> invokers?

Not within Git. I doubt anybody checks if the exit status is 1 and
relies on that for corrupt mailboxes, but OTOH, changing the code may
not be worth the trouble.

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Matthieu Moy
http://www-verimag.imag.fr/~moy/
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