Re: [PATCH v8 16/44] sequencer.c: use ref transactions for all ref updates

From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date: May 15, 2014, 21:53 UTC
Message-ID: <20140515215307.GO26471@google.com>
In-Reply-To: <1400174999-26786-17-git-send-email-sahlberg@google.com>

Ronnie Sahlberg wrote:

> --- a/sequencer.c
> +++ b/sequencer.c
> @@ -272,23 +272,31 @@ static int fast_forward_to(const unsigned char *to, const unsigned char *from,

[...]

> +		error(_("HEAD: Could not fast-forward: %s\n"), err.buf);

As with 'git commit', since err.buf already mentions that HEAD was the problematic ref I think it has enough information for the user to diagnose the problem and figure out what to do next.

		error("%s", err.buf);

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