GNU bug report logs - #28105
Inconsistent exit code with --files-without-match

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Package: grep;

Reported by: Anthony Sottile <asottile <at> umich.edu>

Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2017 22:24:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Anthony Sottile <asottile <at> umich.edu>
Cc: 28105 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#28105: Inconsistent exit code with --files-without-match
Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2017 17:04:13 -0700

On 08/16/2017 03:04 PM, Anthony Sottile wrote:
> It was at this point that a git maintainer noticed that `git grep -L`
> and `grep -L` disagreed in exit codes (deferring my patch until the
> correct way forward on what `git grep`'s exit codes should be).
>
Thanks for the summary. Do you have a URL for the git bug report and 
maintainer response? That'd be helpful here. You do make a case that the 
exit status for grep -L should differ from what it is now.
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