1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/dgit b/dgit
index 54a1c15..1007d81 100755
--- a/dgit
+++ b/dgit
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ our ($dscdata,$dscurl,$dsc,$dsc_checked,$skew_warning_vsn);
 
 sub runcmd {
     debugcmd "+",@_;
-    $!=0; $?=0;
+    $!=0; $?=-1;
     failedcmd @_ if system @_;
 }
 
@@ -1782,9 +1782,9 @@ sub check_not_dirty () {
 
     my @cmd = (@git, qw(diff --quiet HEAD));
     debugcmd "+",@cmd;
-    $!=0; $?=0; system @cmd;
-    return if !$! && !$?;
-    if (!$! && $?==256) {
+    $!=0; $?=-1; system @cmd;
+    return if !$?;
+    if ($?==256) {
 	fail "working tree is dirty (does not match HEAD)";
     } else {
 	failedcmd @cmd;
@@ -2015,7 +2015,7 @@ END
     my $diffopt = $debuglevel>0 ? '--exit-code' : '--quiet';
     my @diffcmd = (@git, qw(diff), $diffopt, $tree);
     debugcmd "+",@diffcmd;
-    $!=0; $?=0;
+    $!=0; $?=-1;
     my $r = system @diffcmd;
     if ($r) {
 	if ($r==256) {