From 6df7206eec5b4fd95008e2615cbb8367d04c7b8e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jonathan Teran Carballo <jteran@renatre.org.ar>
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2026 10:45:16 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] bugfix: print errors in stderr

---
 src/git_flow/command/base.py | 9 ++++++---
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/git_flow/command/base.py b/src/git_flow/command/base.py
index cde9021..da4d7b0 100644
--- a/src/git_flow/command/base.py
+++ b/src/git_flow/command/base.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import sys
+
 from git_flow import (
     BRANCH_TYPES,
     REPOSITORY_TOKEN_FILENAME,
@@ -163,7 +165,7 @@ def get_commit_message(commit_types: list[str] = COMMIT_TYPES) -> str:
 
 
 def io_error(message: str, title: Optional[str] = None):
-    _io_status(message, "✖ Error: ", "red", title)
+    _io_status(message, "✖ Error: ", "red", title, file=sys.stderr)
 
 
 def io_warning(message: str, title: Optional[str] = None):
@@ -178,7 +180,7 @@ def io_success(message: str, title: Optional[str] = None):
     _io_status(message, "✔ Success: ", "green", title)
 
 
-def _io_status(message: str, prefix: str, style: str, title: Optional[str] = None):
+def _io_status(message: str, prefix: str, style: str, title: Optional[str] = None, file=None):
     if title:
         rich.print(
             rich.panel.Panel(
@@ -187,7 +189,8 @@ def _io_status(message: str, prefix: str, style: str, title: Optional[str] = Non
                 style=style,
                 expand=False,
                 title_align="left",
-            )
+            ),
+            file=file
         )
     else:
         rich.print(f"[{style}]{prefix}{message}[/{style}]")