How to check return value from the shell directive

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How about using $? to echo the exit status of the last command?

SVN_INFO := $(shell svn info . 2> /dev/null; echo $$?)
ifeq ($(SVN_INFO),1)
    $(error "Not an SVN repo...")
endif

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