X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/1e6b38a3354f4b1b7afd13945acad3d2390d8007..e4de043201d82cce8d3b2b5882a61e17e69e3cb0:/doc/bugs/git_stderr_output_causes_problems.mdwn?ds=sidebyside diff --git a/doc/bugs/git_stderr_output_causes_problems.mdwn b/doc/bugs/git_stderr_output_causes_problems.mdwn index e86b7842f..4146a5869 100644 --- a/doc/bugs/git_stderr_output_causes_problems.mdwn +++ b/doc/bugs/git_stderr_output_causes_problems.mdwn @@ -31,3 +31,12 @@ 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]] + +>> I'm happy with the wrapper script solution, so this is [[done]]. +>> And this report is now here to point others to that solution.