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authorMichael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>2011-05-17 17:38:52 +0200
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2011-05-17 21:01:17 -0700
commit7a39741999a5216257b1fbcc847cf0c62c114088 (patch)
tree56bad681465958014dd2cff968eb684c2d729509 /Documentation
parentb602ed7dea968d72c5b3f61ca016de7f285d80ef (diff)
downloadgit-7a39741999a5216257b1fbcc847cf0c62c114088.tar.gz
config: define and document exit codes
The return codes of git_config_set() and friends are magic numbers right in the source. #define them in cache.h where the functions are declared, and use the constants in the source. Also, mention the resulting exit codes of "git config" in its man page (and complete the list). Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-config.txt22
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt
index 8804de327f..e7ecf5d803 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt
@@ -50,16 +50,18 @@ The default is to assume the config file of the current repository,
.git/config unless defined otherwise with GIT_DIR and GIT_CONFIG
(see <<FILES>>).
-This command will fail if:
-
-. The config file is invalid,
-. Can not write to the config file,
-. no section was provided,
-. the section or key is invalid,
-. you try to unset an option which does not exist,
-. you try to unset/set an option for which multiple lines match, or
-. you use '--global' option without $HOME being properly set.
-
+This command will fail (with exit code ret) if:
+
+. The config file is invalid (ret=3),
+. can not write to the config file (ret=4),
+. no section or name was provided (ret=2),
+. the section or key is invalid (ret=1),
+. you try to unset an option which does not exist (ret=5),
+. you try to unset/set an option for which multiple lines match (ret=5),
+. you try to use an invalid regexp (ret=6), or
+. you use '--global' option without $HOME being properly set (ret=128).
+
+On success, the command returns the exit code 0.
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