Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] cat-file --batch / --batch-check: do not exit if hashes are missing

From: Junio C Hamano <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2008 13:37:13 -0700

Lea Wiemann <[email-masked]> writes:

> Previously, cat-file --batch / --batch-check would silently exit if it
> was passed a non-existent SHA1 on stdin.  Now it prints "<SHA1>
> missing" as in all other cases (and as advertised in the
> documentation).

I think this change makes sense, given that --batch is about having an
object server a read-only process can drive over bi-di pipe.

Thanks.