From 93a56c2cf7c8b29ca4c5e0740fe1e487324ffc73 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gerrit Pape Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 11:40:57 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] git-config: print error message if the config file cannot be read Instead of simply exiting with 255, print an error message including the reason why a config file specified through --file cannot be opened or read. The problem was noticed by Joey Hess, reported through http://bugs.debian.org/445208 Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce --- builtin-config.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/builtin-config.c b/builtin-config.c index d98b6c2c4c..e5e243f27c 100644 --- a/builtin-config.c +++ b/builtin-config.c @@ -175,7 +175,10 @@ int cmd_config(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "--list") || !strcmp(argv[1], "-l")) { if (argc != 2) usage(git_config_set_usage); - return git_config(show_all_config); + if (git_config(show_all_config) < 0 && file && errno) + die("unable to read config file %s: %s", file, + strerror(errno)); + return 0; } else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "--global")) { char *home = getenv("HOME");