Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Jonathan Nieder <jrnie...@gmail.com> writes:

>> -extern int copy_fd(int ifd, int ofd);
>> +extern int copy_fd(int ifd, int ofd, struct strbuf *err);
>
> It is not limited to this single function, but what contract do we
> envision this "error messages are given back to the caller via
> strbuf" convention should give between the callers and the callee?

Good point.  I'll add a Documentation/technical/api-error-handling.txt
describing die(), error(), warning(), and the strbuf-based method.

Thanks,
Jonathan
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