From 41aab4814377c2d7f260303cb7352d83e7bd6f34 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Martin Schultz <Martin.Schultz@rwth-aachen.de>
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2017 13:38:22 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] modified the add_face function of importerT to always
 return a valid FaceHandle

---
 src/OpenMesh/Core/IO/importer/ImporterT.hh | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/OpenMesh/Core/IO/importer/ImporterT.hh b/src/OpenMesh/Core/IO/importer/ImporterT.hh
index 5657e42f..fb6b6690 100644
--- a/src/OpenMesh/Core/IO/importer/ImporterT.hh
+++ b/src/OpenMesh/Core/IO/importer/ImporterT.hh
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ public:
         }
 
         // add face
-        FaceHandle fh = mesh_.add_face(vhandles);
+        fh = mesh_.add_face(vhandles);
 
         // Mark failed face as non-manifold
         if (mesh_.has_face_status())

From cf8f90c40a78de29a0176d1107a5a6fd40242f66 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Martin Schultz <Martin.Schultz@rwth-aachen.de>
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2017 13:41:36 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] added enrtry to changelog for importerT returning valid
 facehandle if nonmanifold face is added

---
 Doc/changelog.docu | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/Doc/changelog.docu b/Doc/changelog.docu
index b7442bcb..f986ed6a 100644
--- a/Doc/changelog.docu
+++ b/Doc/changelog.docu
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 
 <b>IO</b>
 <ul>
+<li>ImporterT: Return a valid FaceHandle when adding non-manifold faces.</li>
 <li>BaseExporter: Added accessor functions for HalfEdgeHandles and faceTexCoords to base exporter and exporter template.</li>
 <li>OBJ Writer: Added functionality to store FaceTexCoords to objwriter</li>
 <li>OBJ Loader: range check for vertex colors and normals in OBJ loader</li>