On Tue, Sep 09, 2025 at 09:00:34AM -0700, Jon Forrest wrote: > > I guess one could argue either way (though probably not at this point in > > time, as switching behaviors would cause confusion). But one challenge > > with "partial success" like this is that the exit code is binary. If we > > return "0" even though some items were ignored, callers may miss a > > failure. If we return "1" even though some items were added, callers may > > not realize they've mutated the state (and might need to rollback > > depending on what they were trying to accomplish). > > If this were a big deal, which it isn't, I'd suggest a command line > flag that says what to do if there's an invalid file specified on > the command line. One setting of the flag would result in the > current behavior and the other setting would result in all the > invalid file(s) being ignored and the valid file(s) being > handled normally. Interestingly there are a few --ignore-* options, including --ignore-missing, which I think does what you want. But it only works with --dry-run. I didn't dig into the rationale. -Peff
