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[PATCH for next] insert missing newline in a diagnostic

From
Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
Date
Aug 30, 2010, 09:40 UTC
Message-ID
<87iq2s4ewn.fsf@meyering.net>
When merging, I would get a message like this:
  error: The following untracked working tree files would be overwritten by merge:
  FILE_NAMEPlease move or remove them before you can merge.
This change inserts the newline after FILE_NAME.
Signed-off-by: Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>
---
 merge-recursive.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/merge-recursive.c b/merge-recursive.c
index aadd48c..e81c995 100644
--- a/merge-recursive.c
+++ b/merge-recursive.c
@@ -1307,7 +1307,7 @@ void set_porcelain_error_msgs(const char **msgs, const char *cmd)
 		"Updating the following directories would lose untracked files in it:\n%s";

 	if (advice_commit_before_merge)
-		msg = "The following untracked working tree files would be %s by %s:\n%%s"
+		msg = "The following untracked working tree files would be %s by %s:\n%%s\n"
 			"Please move or remove them before you can %s.";
 	else
 		msg = "The following untracked working tree files would be %s by %s:\n%%s";
--
1.7.2.2.510.g7180a
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  1. insert missing newline in a diagnosticJim Meyering, Aug 30, 2010
  2. Jonathan NiederSep 1, 2010

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