From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Thu, 10 May 2012 19:43:42 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 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>
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In-Reply-To: <1336676770-17965-1-git-send-email-angusgh@gmail.com>

They are one of the oldest and humorous messages we have in the system,
and more importantly, users will see them only once on a badly configured
system.  If there is no real-life reason (e.g. "if we do not change this
message, Nuclear reactors will start misbehaving"), I would rather keep
them as they are for hysterical raisins.

But that is just my preference to keep Linus's twisted sense of humor.