Re: [PATCH 2/2] Add --ignore-notfound option to exit with zero status when no files are removed.

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On Monday 16 April 2007, you wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 16, 2007 at 01:53:46AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> 
> > >> > +\--ignore-notfound::
> > >> > +	Exit with a zero status even if no files matched.
> > >> > +
> > >> ls-files has --error-unmatch so we may want to make the name
> > >> consistent by saying --ignore-unmatch?  I particularly do not
> > >> care about the minute naming issues _right_ _now_, but we might
> > >> regret it in the long run.
> > >
> > > Isn't this quite similar to the '-k' option to git-mv?
> > 
> > Heh, I never use 'git-mv' and 'git-rm' myself, so I did not know
> > about that option, but from the Documentation/git-mv.txt, it
> > sounds similar.  What does it stand for, I wonder?
> 
> As you are so fond of telling everyone else, use git-blame to find out. :)
> 
> Looks like '-k' got added in the move from git-rename to git-mv. Josef,
> can you shed any light on the choice of '-k'?

That is similiar to "-k" option to "make", synonym for "--keep-going". 
I thought this was quite natural; at least I am used to this option for "make".


Josef
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