trufflehog exits with 0 in case `--since-commit` has invalid commit id

[Hritik14]

TruffleHog Version

trufflehog 3.88.29

Trace Output

https://gist.github.com/Hritik14/64bf5f3a62049c2b53c84055d20e5a69

Expected Behavior

since the output contains detected errors (encountered errors during scan), exit code should be non zero

Actual Behavior

exit code is zero

Steps to Reproduce

;  /opt/homebrew/bin/trufflehog git file://. --fail --json --force-skip-binaries --force-skip-archives --no-verification --no-update --since-commit this-commit-does-not-exist
{"level":"info-0","ts":"2025-06-10T23:13:39+05:30","logger":"trufflehog","msg":"Warning: The provided commit hash appears to be invalid."}
{"level":"info-0","ts":"2025-06-10T23:13:39+05:30","logger":"trufflehog","msg":"running source","source_manager_worker_id":"0YqnQ","with_units":true}
{"level":"error","ts":"2025-06-10T23:13:39+05:30","logger":"trufflehog","msg":"encountered errors during scan","errors":["error chunking dir \".\": unable to resolve ref: no base refs succeeded for base: \"this-commit-does-not-exist\""]}
{"level":"info-0","ts":"2025-06-10T23:13:39+05:30","logger":"trufflehog","msg":"finished scanning","chunks":0,"bytes":0,"verified_secrets":0,"unverified_secrets":0,"scan_duration":"35.912792ms","trufflehog_version":"3.88.29","verification_caching":{"Hits":0,"Misses":0,"HitsWasted":0,"AttemptsSaved":0,"VerificationTimeSpentMS":0}}


; echo $?
0

Environment

• OS: MacOS
• Version 15.3.2 (24D81)

[shahzadhaider1]

Hi @Hritik14,

Thank you for taking the time to open this issue, we really appreciate your contribution to the project!

We’ll take a look and get back to you as soon as we can. If we need any clarification, we’ll follow up here. Thanks again for helping make this project better!