add an example of how to run git w/o getting random crap on stderr

git is a real mess when it comes to
 a) parsing command line options consistently,
 b) outputting non-errors to stderr

:-(

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 0828531d3dc60a360042e59ba2b5db714f0d6e70..acdb9ee395368e6daad16125d4b07d7a2d0ee65f 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ mr (0.5) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   [ Alexander Wirt ]
   * Add support for mercurial.
 
- -- Alexander Wirt <formorer@debian.org>  Sat, 20 Oct 2007 11:03:27 +0200
+ -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Sat, 20 Oct 2007 13:24:15 -0400
 
 mr (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
 

diff --git a/mrconfig b/mrconfig
index 8e18756748f7f57cf0973cdd6cc58bcfdb911af1..a2fcc24a1b6f37a70987015dfcb92512b0e3454b 100644 (file)
--- a/mrconfig
+++ b/mrconfig
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 # An example config file for the mr(1) command.
 
 [DEFAULT]
+# This hack is here because git-pull stupidly outputs tag info to stderr.
+# Shut it up but let real errors through, for use in cron.
+quietupdate = mr -n update 3>&1 1>/dev/null 2>&3 | egrep -v '(storing tag|tag: )'
 # Teach mr how to run svn cleanup.
 cleanup = if [ -d "$MR_REPO"/.svn ]; then svn cleanup ; fi
 # And how to run git gc and push.