Change "cat-file -e some-garbage" to work as documented. Before it would emit: $ git cat-file -e some-garbage; echo $? fatal: Not a valid object name some-garbage 128 Now: $ ./git-cat-file -e some-garbage; echo $? 1 This is a change to longstanding behavior established in 7950571ad7 ("A few more options for git-cat-file", 2005-12-03) when the option was initially added, but we should go with the promise made in the documentation. Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@xxxxxxxxx> --- builtin/cat-file.c | 8 ++++++-- t/t1006-cat-file.sh | 7 +++++++ 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/builtin/cat-file.c b/builtin/cat-file.c index f5fa4fd75a..75991788af 100644 --- a/builtin/cat-file.c +++ b/builtin/cat-file.c @@ -65,8 +65,12 @@ static int cat_one_file(int opt, const char *exp_type, const char *obj_name, flags |= OBJECT_INFO_ALLOW_UNKNOWN_TYPE; if (get_oid_with_context(obj_name, GET_OID_RECORD_PATH, - &oid, &obj_context)) - die("Not a valid object name %s", obj_name); + &oid, &obj_context)) { + if (opt == 'e') + return 1; + else + die("Not hello a valid object name %s", obj_name); + } if (!path) path = obj_context.path; diff --git a/t/t1006-cat-file.sh b/t/t1006-cat-file.sh index b19f332694..c05a899bc4 100755 --- a/t/t1006-cat-file.sh +++ b/t/t1006-cat-file.sh @@ -201,6 +201,13 @@ do ' done +test_expect_success 'Providing -e should suppress all error output' ' + ! git cat-file -e some-garbage >stdout 2>stderr && + >expect && + test_cmp expect stdout && + test_cmp expect stderr +' + for opt in t s e p do test_expect_success "Passing -$opt with --follow-symlinks fails" ' -- 2.15.1.424.g9478a66081