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No error returned if patching is aborted due to existing .orig file #60
Description
Given the following a.txt file:
1
2
3
and the following working.patch:
--- a.txt 2019-03-28 17:02:04.832004033 -0700
+++ b.txt 2019-03-28 17:02:34.999576803 -0700
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-1
+0
2
3
Patching will fail if a.txt.orig already exists:
$ touch a.txt.orig
$ ./patch.py --debug working.patch && echo Success!
DEBUG reading working.patch
DEBUG crlf: 0 lf: 5 cr: 0 - file: b.txt hunk: 1
DEBUG - 1 hunks for a.txt
DEBUG total files: 1 total hunks: 1
DEBUG normalize filenames
DEBUG patch type = plain
DEBUG source = a.txt
DEBUG target = b.txt
DEBUG processing 1/1: a.txt
DEBUG hunk no.1 for file a.txt -- is ready to be patched
WARNING can't backup original file to a.txt.orig - aborting
Success!
$ cat a.txt
1
2
3
but the program will exit successfully instead of returning an error.
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Return an error when aborting due to existing .orig file (fixes techt…