describe postal-filer filter

[git.ikiwiki.info.git] / doc / bugs / git_stderr_output_causes_problems.mdwn

diff --git a/doc/bugs/git_stderr_output_causes_problems.mdwn b/doc/bugs/git_stderr_output_causes_problems.mdwn
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--- a/doc/bugs/git_stderr_output_causes_problems.mdwn
+++ b/doc/bugs/git_stderr_output_causes_problems.mdwn
@@ -31,3 +31,9 @@ Ikiwiki's git handling is sending a bunch of output to stderr.  The following pa
 >
 > (Also indented all the lines of your patch so markdown won't eat it :-) )
 > --[[smcv]]
+
+> Right, I don't like throwing stderr away because stderr is supposed to be
+> logged to error.log for a reason: To allow debugging problems.
+> It's unfortunate that git [abuses atderr](http://bugs.debian.org/447395),
+> outputting non-errors to it. That doesn't mean that git might not also
+> output actual error messages there. --[[Joey]]