Instead of simply exiting with 255, print an error message including the reason why the config file cannot be opened or read. The problem was noticed by Joey Hess, reported through http://bugs.debian.org/445208 Signed-off-by: Gerrit Pape <pape@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- builtin-config.c | 8 ++++++-- 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/builtin-config.c b/builtin-config.c index 1bb0ebb..750a403 100644 --- a/builtin-config.c +++ b/builtin-config.c @@ -235,8 +235,12 @@ int cmd_config(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) argv++; } - if (show_all) - return git_config(show_all_config); + if (show_all) { + if (git_config(show_all_config) == -1) + die("unable to read config file %s: %s", + getenv(CONFIG_ENVIRONMENT), strerror(errno)); + return 0; + } switch (argc) { case 2: return get_value(argv[1], NULL); -- 1.5.3.4 - 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