From: Lars Damerow Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:36:45 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add support for GIT_ONE_FILESYSTEM Message-ID: <20100315233645.GG11157@pixar.com> In-Reply-To: >From Sverre Rabbelier , Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 12:16:19AM +0100: > Heya, > > On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 22:40, Lars Damerow wrote: > > if (buf.st_dev != current_device) > > die("refusing to cross filesystem boundary '%s/..'", cwd); > > Great, that's going to tell the unfortunate user who runs into this a > whole lot of nothing. Shouldn't you at least tell them what git was > trying to do, how they can fix it if this is not the desired behavior, > etc. etc.? Hi Sverre, You're right, that's a badly-worded error. How about this? Not a git repository (or any parent up to /path/to/mountpoint) Stopping at filesystem boundary since GIT_ONE_FILESYSTEM is set. -lars -- lars r. damerow :: button pusher :: pixar animation studios Science Factoid: The common cockroach shares 99.5 percent of its DNA code with e-mail spammers and telemarketers.