Re: [PATCH] Allow git-diff exit with codes similar to diff(1)

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Hi,

On Wed, 14 Mar 2007, Alex Riesen wrote:

> This introduces a new command-line option: --exit-code. The diff 
> programs will return 1 for differences, return 0 for equality, and 
> something else for errors.

I am not convinced that this exit code (even if expected by experience) 
makes sense. A diff should _only_ fail if anything goes _wrong_, not if 
the files are _different. That is what cmp is for, no?

Ciao,
Dscho

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