Re: [PATCH 2/2] "diff --check" should affect exit status

Wincent Colaiuta [off-list ref] writes:

"git diff" has a --check option that can be used to check for whitespace
problems but it only reported by printing warnings to the
console.

The primary use of this option used to be to see where the breakages are
in order to fix them up (IOW, the option was not about seeing if
breakage exists or not), but that is much easier with --color output
these days.

It is probably a good idea to do this, although I do not care much about
it either way.  It probably could replace the sample pre-commit hook
currently implemented in Perl.  As I happen to be fairly familiar with
the area, I'll take a look at the patch if/when I find time.

Thanks.