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diff --git a/doc/bugs/git_stderr_output_causes_problems.mdwn b/doc/bugs/git_stderr_output_causes_problems.mdwn index e86b7842f..884f31154 100644 --- 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]] |