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Re: [PATCH/RFC] setup: update error message to be more meaningful

From
Kaartic Sivaraam <kaarticsivaraam91196@gmail.com>
Date
Jul 29, 2017, 12:13 UTC
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On Fri, 2017-07-28 at 20:53 -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Kaartic Sivaraam <kaarticsivaraam91196@gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > Though the message seems to be most fitting one, I'm a little reluctant
> > to use it as it "might" create a wrong picture on the minds of the user
> > making them think this would be the case in other cases too, which we
> > know is not true. For example,
> > 
> > 
> >     git log -p --full-diff master --stat
> > 
> >     git commit -v Makefile --amend
> 
> These are accepted not by design but by accident.  
> 
> I do not think we even document that you are allowed to do these in
> "log" and "commit" manual pages, and we should discourage them (I do
> not even mind eventually removing these with the usual deprecation
> dance, but I do not think it is worth the noise).
> 

That's interesting. In that case, I'll go with the suggested statement, happily!

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Kaartic
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  1. setup: update error message to be more meaningfulKaartic Sivaraam, Jul 25, 2017
  2. Kaartic SivaraamJul 25, 2017
  3. Jonathan NiederJul 25, 2017
  4. Kaartic SivaraamJul 26, 2017
  5. Junio C HamanoJul 26, 2017
  6. Kaartic SivaraamJul 29, 2017
  7. Junio C HamanoJul 29, 2017
  8. Kaartic SivaraamJul 29, 2017
  9. setup: update error message to be more meaningfulKaartic Sivaraam, Jul 29, 2017
  10. Junio C HamanoJul 29, 2017
  11. Kaartic SivaraamJul 30, 2017
  12. Kaartic SivaraamJul 30, 2017
  13. setup: update error message to be more meaningfulKaartic Sivaraam, Oct 2, 2017
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