sway

commit a8a239e2f1ca6236c2b8f7cebf0cc37890e77ec0
parent 56b5ad777cd033fe96af0cec7e89c21af766e8a4
Author: Brian Ashworth <bosrsf04@gmail.com>
Date:   Sun,  4 Aug 2019 02:02:13 -0400

swaymsg: return 2 for sway errors

This mirrors a change in i3 4.17 that returns 2 for errors from sway,
including invalid command, command failed, and invalid subscription
requests

Diffstat:
M
swaymsg/main.c
 | 
2
+-
M
swaymsg/swaymsg.1.scd
 | 
13
+++++++++++++

2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/swaymsg/main.c b/swaymsg/main.c
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 		ret = 1;
 	} else {
 		if (!success(obj, true)) {
-			ret = 1;
+			ret = 2;
 		}
 		if (!quiet && (type != IPC_SUBSCRIBE  || ret != 0)) {
 			if (raw) {
diff --git a/swaymsg/swaymsg.1.scd b/swaymsg/swaymsg.1.scd
@@ -86,6 +86,19 @@ _swaymsg_ [options...] [message]
 	provided in the form of a valid JSON array. If any of the types are invalid
 	or if an valid JSON array is not provided, this will result in an failure.
 
+# RETURN CODES
+
+*0*
+	Success
+
+*1*
+	swaymsg errors such as invalid syntax, unable to connect to the ipc socket
+	or unable to parse sway's reply
+
+*2*
+	Sway returned an error when processing the command (ex. invalid command,
+	command failed, and invalid subscription request)
+
 # SEE ALSO
 
 *sway*(5) *sway-bar*(5) *sway-input*(5) *sway-output*(5) *sway-ipc*(7)