From: Junio C Hamano <hidden> Date: 2016-06-15 23:05:47
Charles Bailey [off-list ref] writes:
... I think '< 0' is
probably better. In POSIX, we shouldn't ever get a negative value which
isn't -1, but if we ever do it is probably safer to fail. I'll send and
update.
Thanks; I was about to type the same reasoning and conclusion ;-)