Use 'set -e' Flag in Scripts
In scripts, almost always a good idea to set set -e flag.
The set -e command in Bash enables the "exit immediately" option, which causes the shell to exit as soon as any command it executes returns a non-zero exit status.
While its great to exit out of the script that is running in another process (./some-script.sh), upon encountering a non zero response.
It's rather annoying to get your bash session closed on your from a sourced function that had source ./some-functions.sh with set -e flag. Hence, avoid setting set -e in functions that you source.
Example code
set -e
func-which-returns-1() {
echo "I will return 1"
return 1
}
set-e-demo_MAIN() {
func-which-returns-1
echo "This line will not be printed."
}
set-e-demo_MAIN
Working examples
gt.sandbox.checkout.commit.cleanly ded1416 \
&& cd shell/bash \
&& ./set-e-demo.sh
gt.sandbox.checkout.commit.cleanly ded1416 \
&& cd shell/bash \
&& ./set-e-demo.sh || echo "OR after running process will be allowed to run."
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