Re: [PATCH 3/3] fetch: die on invalid --negotiation-tip hash

> On Wed, Jun 23, 2021 at 03:30:53PM -0700, Jonathan Tan wrote:
>> 
>> If a full hexadecimal hash is given as a --negotiation-tip to "git
>> fetch", and that hash does not correspond to an object, "git fetch" will
>> segfault if --negotiate-only is given and will silently ignore that hash
>> otherwise. Make these cases fatal errors, just like the case when an
>> invalid ref name or abbreviated hash is given.
>> 
>> While at it, mark the error messages as translatable.
> I don't usually like this kind of "while we're at it" change, but in
> this case it's very very small, so it doesn't bother me much.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Tan <jonathantanmy@google.com>
>> ---
>>  builtin/fetch.c  | 4 +++-
>>  t/t5510-fetch.sh | 9 +++++++++
>>  2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>> 
>> diff --git a/builtin/fetch.c b/builtin/fetch.c
>> index 9191620e50..2c50465cff 100644
>> --- a/builtin/fetch.c
>> +++ b/builtin/fetch.c
>> @@ -1428,7 +1428,9 @@ static void add_negotiation_tips(struct git_transport_options *smart_options)
>>  		if (!has_glob_specials(s)) {
>>  			struct object_id oid;
>>  			if (get_oid(s, &oid))
>> -				die("%s is not a valid object", s);
>> +				die(_("%s is not a valid object"), s);
>> +			if (!has_object(the_repository, &oid, 0))
>> +				die(_("%s is not a valid object"), s);
> Any reason not to consolidate these, e.g. if (get_oid || !has_object)?
> Then we wouldn't dup the err string.