Change the "error" message emitted by alt_odb_usable() to be a "warning" instead. As noted in commits leading up to this one this has never impacted the exit code ever since the check was initially added in 26125f6b9b ("detect broken alternates.", 2006-02-22). It's confusing to emit an "error" when e.g. "git fsck" will exit with 0, so let's emit a "warning:" instead. Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@xxxxxxxxx> --- sha1-file.c | 14 +++++++------- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/sha1-file.c b/sha1-file.c index f142f81658..4b9b63bdcb 100644 --- a/sha1-file.c +++ b/sha1-file.c @@ -378,17 +378,17 @@ static int alt_odb_usable(struct raw_object_store *o, if (!is_directory(path->buf)) { /* Detect cases where alternate disappeared */ - error(_("object directory %s does not exist; " - "check .git/objects/info/alternates"), - path->buf); + warning(_("object directory %s does not exist; " + "check .git/objects/info/alternates"), + path->buf); return 0; } else if (is_directory(mkpath("%s/objects", path->buf)) || is_directory(mkpath("%s/.git/objects", path->buf))) { /* Detect cases where alternate is a git repository */ - error(_("object directory %s looks like a git repository; " - "alternates must point to the 'objects' directory. " - "check .git/objects/info/alternates"), - path->buf); + warning(_("object directory %s looks like a git repository; " + "alternates must point to the 'objects' directory. " + "check .git/objects/info/alternates"), + path->buf); return 0; } -- 2.20.0.rc2.403.gdbc3b29805