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Re: [PATCHv2] commit: reword --author error message

From
Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org>
Date
Jan 27, 2015, 07:26 UTC
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<A36392C1208647BC9F2CA89478DCC754@PhilipOakley>
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<20150127024553.GA24569@peff.net>
From: "Jeff King" <peff@peff.net>
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> On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 06:43:46PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>
>> Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
>>
>> > ... I somehow had trouble making
>> > sense of Z ("a match...") as a noun.
>>
>> > I wonder if adding back in the missing verb, rather than a colon, 
>> > would
>> > also make more sense:
>> >
>> >   --author '%s' is neither 'Name <email>' nor a match for an 
>> > existing author
>>
>> Then
>>
>> >   --author '%s' is not 'Name <email>' and matches no existing 
>> > author
>>
>> would be the shortest, sweetest and hopefully grammatical, perhaps?
>
> Yes, that one make perfect sense to me.
>

Agreed. Philip

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  1. Gunnar WagnerJan 13, 2015
  2. Michael J GruberJan 13, 2015
  3. Jeff KingJan 14, 2015
  4. Michael J GruberJan 15, 2015
  5. commit: reword --author error messageMichael J Gruber, Jan 15, 2015
  6. Michael J GruberJan 15, 2015
  7. Jeff KingJan 15, 2015
  8. Michael J GruberJan 15, 2015
  9. Junio C HamanoJan 15, 2015
  10. Jeff KingJan 16, 2015
  11. Junio C HamanoJan 16, 2015
  12. Philip OakleyJan 16, 2015
  13. Junio C HamanoJan 16, 2015
  14. Eric SunshineJan 16, 2015
  15. Junio C HamanoJan 16, 2015
  16. [PATCHv2] commit: reword --author error messageMichael J Gruber, Jan 26, 2015
  17. Jeff KingJan 26, 2015
  18. Junio C HamanoJan 27, 2015
  19. Jeff KingJan 27, 2015
  20. Philip OakleyJan 27, 2015
  21. Ramsay JonesJan 27, 2015

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