commit 654291a2acb1c28b884cb9376a0d7eb5f8c090b5
author Fredrik Kuivinen <freku045@student.liu.se> Mon Sep 12 23:30:47 2005 +0200
committer Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> Mon Sep 12 14:53:58 2005 -0700
tree 7e88e8a4369465bf419360dbda6bca111a110ffd
parent ace36858d3adfde1e497404e831f1cac8034fd4a

[PATCH] Introduce a 'die' function.

Signed-off-by: Fredrik Kuivinen <freku045@student.liu.se>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>

gitMergeCommon.py

diff --git a/gitMergeCommon.py b/gitMergeCommon.py
index dfa49ff..7e7f317 100644
--- a/gitMergeCommon.py
+++ b/gitMergeCommon.py
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@
 
 import subprocess
 
+def die(*args):
+    printList(args, sys.stderr)
+    sys.exit(2)
+
 # Debugging machinery
 # -------------------
 
@@ -28,11 +32,11 @@
         if funcName in functionsToDebug:
             printList(args)
 
-def printList(list):
+def printList(list, file=sys.stdout):
     for x in list:
-        sys.stdout.write(str(x))
-        sys.stdout.write(' ')
-    sys.stdout.write('\n')
+        file.write(str(x))
+        file.write(' ')
+    file.write('\n')
 
 # Program execution
 # -----------------