1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/script/public-inbox-edit b/script/public-inbox-edit
index f2090abf..24b7ed8b 100755
--- a/script/public-inbox-edit
+++ b/script/public-inbox-edit
@@ -149,7 +149,11 @@ retry_edit:
                          chomp(my $op = <STDIN> || '');
                          $op = lc($op);
                          goto retry_edit if $op eq 'r';
-                        exit $? if $op eq 'q';
+                        if ($op eq 'q') {
+                                # n.b. we'll lose the exit signal, here,
+                                # oh well; "q" is user-specified anyways.
+                                exit($? >> 8);
+                        }
                          last if $op eq 'c'; # continuing
                          print STDERR "\`$op' not recognized\n";
                  }