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Author: fabianfett

scripts/check_benchmark_thresholds.sh

@@ -47,15 +47,15 @@ elif [[ "$rc" == 2 ]]; then
 
   if [[ "$update_rc" != 0 ]]; then
     error "Benchmark failed to run due to build error."
-    exit 1
+    exit $update_rc
   fi
 
   echo "=== BEGIN DIFF ==="  # use echo, not log for clean output to be scraped
   git diff --exit-code HEAD
 # all other errors
 else
   error "Benchmark failed to run due to build error."
-  exit 1
+  exit $rc
 fi