Unless the "quiet" flag is given, check_connected sends any errors to the stderr of the caller (because the child rev-list inherits that descriptor). However, server-side callers may want to send these over a sideband channel instead. Let's make that possible. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> --- connected.c | 11 +++++++++-- connected.h | 7 +++++++ 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/connected.c b/connected.c index 2a51eac..5f5c8bd 100644 --- a/connected.c +++ b/connected.c @@ -31,8 +31,11 @@ int check_connected(sha1_iterate_fn fn, void *cb_data, opt = &defaults; transport = opt->transport; - if (fn(cb_data, sha1)) + if (fn(cb_data, sha1)) { + if (opt->err_fd) + close(opt->err_fd); return err; + } if (transport && transport->smart_options && transport->smart_options->self_contained_and_connected && @@ -59,7 +62,11 @@ int check_connected(sha1_iterate_fn fn, void *cb_data, rev_list.git_cmd = 1; rev_list.in = -1; rev_list.no_stdout = 1; - rev_list.no_stderr = opt->quiet; + if (opt->err_fd) + rev_list.err = opt->err_fd; + else + rev_list.no_stderr = opt->quiet; + if (start_command(&rev_list)) return error(_("Could not run 'git rev-list'")); diff --git a/connected.h b/connected.h index 12594ef..5d88e26 100644 --- a/connected.h +++ b/connected.h @@ -23,6 +23,13 @@ struct check_connected_options { /* Transport whose objects we are checking, if available. */ struct transport *transport; + + /* + * If non-zero, send error messages to this descriptor rather + * than stderr. The descriptor is closed before check_connected + * returns. + */ + int err_fd; }; #define CHECK_CONNECTED_INIT { 0 } -- 2.9.1.434.g748be50 -- 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