On Tue, Nov 14, 2017 at 6:15 AM, Todd Zullinger <tmz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Junio C Hamano wrote:
>>
>> The message goes to the standard output stream since it was introduced in
>> 809f38c8 ("git notes merge: Manual conflict resolution, part 1/2",
>> 2010-11-09) and 6abb3655 ("git notes merge:
>> Manual conflict resolution, part 2/2", 2010-11-09). I do think it makes
>> more sense to send it to the standard error stream, but just in case if the
>> original author thinks of a reason why it shouldn't, let's summon Johan and
>> ask his input.
>
>
> Sounds like a good plan. If the message does move to stderr, there are also
> a few tests in 3310 that need adjusted. They presume an error message from
> `git notes merge`, but they only redirect stdout to the output file.
>
> While I was bored, I prepared a commit with these changes and confirmed the
> test suite passes, in case we get an ACK from Johan.
ACK :-)
Error messages should go to stderr, and redirection in the tests
should be fixed.
...Johan
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Johan Herland, <johan@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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