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Re: [PATCH 1/2] Change error messages in ident.c...

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
May 10, 2012, 20:28 UTC
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Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
> It doesn't get rid of the "you don't exist" message, and I think just
> dying there makes sense.  But that is actually the one that I consider
> the most likely to happen in practice, and should probably have a more
> useful error message.

Yeah, I do not think anybody minds losing that phrasing from that message (the "parents" and "sysadmin" were the humorous ones), and we certainly can phrase it differently, e.g.

    Your system didn't tell me your real name; hint: git help config
    and look for user.name
or something.
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Message 20 of 23 in “Change error messages in ident.c Make error messages caused by failed reads of the /etc/passwd file easier to understand. Signed-off-by: Angus Hammond <angusgh@gmail.com>”
  1. 1/2 Change error messages in ident.c Make error messages caused by failed reads of the /etc/passwd file easier to understand. Signed-off-by: Angus Hammond <angusgh@gmail.com>Angus Hammond, May 10, 2012
  2. 2/2 Remove diagnostics section from commit-tree and var man pages New error messages shouldn't need explaining like the old ones did so just delete the diagnostics section of the man pages. Signed-off-by: Angus Hammond <angusgh@gmail.com>Angus Hammond, May 10, 2012
  3. Angus HammondMay 10, 2012
  4. Jeff KingMay 10, 2012
  5. Jeff KingMay 10, 2012
  6. Junio C HamanoMay 11, 2012
  7. Jeff KingMay 11, 2012
  8. 1/2 drop length limitations on gecos-derived names and emailsJeff King, May 14, 2012
  9. Jeff KingMay 14, 2012
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  15. Jeff KingMay 15, 2012
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  17. 2/2 ident: report passwd errors with a more friendly messageJeff King, May 14, 2012
  18. Junio C HamanoMay 10, 2012
  19. Jeff KingMay 10, 2012
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  22. Angus HammondMay 10, 2012
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