Improve behavior when a git-annex command is told to operate on a file that doesn't exist. It will now continue to other files specified after that on the command line, and only error out at the end.

CmdLine/Action.hs

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ commandAction a = account =<< tryIO go
 	account (Right True) = return True
 	account (Right False) = incerr
 	account (Left err) = do
-		showErr err
+		toplevelWarning True (show err)
 		showEndFail
 		incerr
 	incerr = do

CmdLine/Seek.hs

@@ -218,8 +218,9 @@ seekHelper a params = do
 	ll <- inRepo $ \g -> concat <$> forM (segmentXargsOrdered params)
 		(runSegmentPaths (\fs -> Git.Command.leaveZombie <$> a fs g))
 	forM_ (map fst $ filter (null . snd) $ zip params ll) $ \p ->
-		unlessM (isJust <$> liftIO (catchMaybeIO $ getSymbolicLinkStatus p)) $
+		unlessM (isJust <$> liftIO (catchMaybeIO $ getSymbolicLinkStatus p)) $ do
-			error $ p ++ " not found"
+			toplevelWarning False (p ++ " not found")
+			Annex.incError
 	return $ concat ll
 
 notSymlink :: FilePath -> IO Bool

Command/Add.hs

@@ -116,7 +116,10 @@ start file = ifAnnexed file addpresent add
  - Lockdown can fail if a file gets deleted, and Nothing will be returned.
  -}
 lockDown :: FilePath -> Annex (Maybe KeySource)
-lockDown = either (\e -> showErr e >> return Nothing) (return . Just) <=< lockDown'
+lockDown = either 
+		(\e -> warning (show e) >> return Nothing)
+		(return . Just)
+	<=< lockDown'
 
 lockDown' :: FilePath -> Annex (Either IOException KeySource)
 lockDown' file = ifM crippledFileSystem

Messages.hs

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ module Messages (
 	showEndOk,
 	showEndFail,
 	showEndResult,
-	showErr,
+	toplevelWarning,
 	warning,
 	warningIO,
 	indent,
@@ -117,15 +117,16 @@ showEndResult ok = handleMessage (JSON.end ok) $ putStrLn msg
 		| ok = "ok"
 		| otherwise = "failed"
 
-showErr :: (Show a) => a -> Annex ()
+toplevelWarning :: Bool -> String -> Annex ()
-showErr e = warning' $ "git-annex: " ++ show e
+toplevelWarning makeway s = warning' makeway ("git-annex: " ++ s)
 
 warning :: String -> Annex ()
-warning = warning' . indent
+warning = warning' True . indent
 
-warning' :: String -> Annex ()
+warning' :: Bool -> String -> Annex ()
-warning' w = do
+warning' makeway w = do
-	handleMessage q $ putStr "\n"
+	when makeway $
+		handleMessage q $ putStr "\n"
 	liftIO $ do
 		hFlush stdout
 		hPutStrLn stderr w

debian/changelog

@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ git-annex (5.20150421) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * import: Before removing a duplicate file in --deduplicate or
     --clean-duplicates mode, verify that enough copies of its content still
     exist.
+  * Improve behavior when a git-annex command is told to operate
+    on a file that doesn't exist. It will now continue to other
+    files specified after that on the command line, and only error out at
+    the end.
 
  -- Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>  Tue, 21 Apr 2015 15:54:10 -0400