From: Joey Hess <joey@kodama.kitenet.net>
Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2007 17:25:22 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: add an example of how to run git w/o getting random crap on stderr
X-Git-Url: https://git.madduck.net/code/myrepos.git/commitdiff_plain/9af9dee7005d509c835876e75c711455cce23d8d

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 0828531..acdb9ee 100644
--- 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 8e18756..a2fcc24 100644
--- 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.