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From: rsbecker@nexbridge.com <redacted> 
Sent: Friday, August 4, 2023 12:29

quoted

Can you retry this without --shortstat so we can see what git is
reporting as a difference.

The problem appears to be the use of --shortstat. When --shortstat is not used, the exit code for different files is one (1), as expected.

12:46:56.88 2023-08-04  C:\src\t\scripts>TYPE t1.txt
this is t1.txt
this is t1.txt
this is t1.txt

12:47:01.88 2023-08-04  C:\src\t\scripts>type t2.txt
this is t2.txt
this is t2.txt
this is t2.txt

12:47:06.41 2023-08-04  C:\src\t\scripts>"C:\Program Files\Git\cmd\git.exe" diff --exit-code --no-index  --ignore-all-space --shortstat .\t1.txt .\t2.txt
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

12:47:18.22 2023-08-04  C:\src\t\scripts>ECHO %ERRORLEVEL%
0

12:47:20.61 2023-08-04  C:\src\t\scripts>"C:\Program Files\Git\cmd\git.exe" diff --exit-code --no-index --ignore-all-space .\t1.txt .\t2.txt

diff --git a/./t1.txt b/./t2.txt
index 6dfb884..66812c5 100644
--- a/./t1.txt
+++ b/./t2.txt

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-this is t1.txt
-this is t1.txt
-this is t1.txt
+this is t2.txt
+this is t2.txt
+this is t2.txt

12:47:27.71 2023-08-04  C:\src\t\scripts>ECHO %ERRORLEVEL%
1

12:47:30.32 2023-08-04  C:\src\t\scripts>"C:\Program Files\Git\cmd\git.exe" diff --quiet --exit-code --no-index --ignore-all-space .\t1.txt .\t2.txt

12:47:36.58 2023-08-04  C:\src\t\scripts>ECHO %ERRORLEVEL%
1
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