Hi, On Fri, 18 Jul 2008, Stephan Beyer wrote: > This patch removes exit()/die() calls and builtin-specific messages from > launch_editor(), so that it can be used as a general libgit.a function > to launch an editor. Thanks. Now we have to convince Junio that it is a good idea :-) > diff --git a/builtin-commit.c b/builtin-commit.c > index ed3fe3f..64f69f3 100644 > --- a/builtin-commit.c > +++ b/builtin-commit.c > @@ -647,7 +647,9 @@ static int prepare_to_commit(const char *index_file, const char *prefix) > char index[PATH_MAX]; > const char *env[2] = { index, NULL }; > snprintf(index, sizeof(index), "GIT_INDEX_FILE=%s", index_file); > - launch_editor(git_path(commit_editmsg), NULL, env); > + if (launch_editor(git_path(commit_editmsg), NULL, env)) > + die("running editor failed.\n" > + "Please supply the message using either -m or -F option."); In the error case, run_editor() already said more than "running editor failed.", right? Maybe you just want to skip that line and keep the second? > diff --git a/editor.c b/editor.c > index 483b62d..5d7f5f9 100644 > --- a/editor.c > +++ b/editor.c > @@ -17,9 +17,8 @@ void launch_editor(const char *path, struct strbuf *buffer, const char *const *e > terminal = getenv("TERM"); > if (!editor && (!terminal || !strcmp(terminal, "dumb"))) { > fprintf(stderr, > - "Terminal is dumb but no VISUAL nor EDITOR defined.\n" > - "Please supply the message using either -m or -F option.\n"); > - exit(1); > + "Terminal is dumb but no VISUAL nor EDITOR defined.\n"); > + return 1; Why not "return error()"? Rest looks obviously correct to me! Thanks, Dscho -- 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