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Re: [PATCH] git-clone: Better handling of failed fetches of HEAD over HTTP

From
Karl Hasselström <kha@treskal.com>
Date
Apr 12, 2007, 11:38 UTC
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<20070412113830.GA26445@diana.vm.bytemark.co.uk>
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On 2007-04-12 21:25:33 +1200, Martin Langhoff wrote:
> +		die "Could not retrieve $1/HEAD nor $1/refs/heads/master ."

The "nor" should be just "or", I believe. Otherwise, this would have to be

  Could retrieve neither foo nor bar.

which sounds a bit too formal. But a native English speaker should probably verify that my advice is correct.

-- 
Karl Hasselström, kha@treskal.com
      www.treskal.com/kalle
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  1. git-clone: Better handling of failed fetches of HEAD over HTTPMartin Langhoff, Apr 12, 2007
  2. Karl HasselströmApr 12, 2007

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