Re: [RFC/PATCH] lockfile: improve error message when lockfile exists

> diff --git a/lockfile.c b/lockfile.c
> index 80d056d..a7d6175 100644
> --- a/lockfile.c
> +++ b/lockfile.c
> @@ -150,9 +150,11 @@ void unable_to_lock_message(const char *path, int err, struct strbuf *buf)
>  {
>         if (err == EEXIST) {
>                 strbuf_addf(buf, "Unable to create '%s.lock': %s.\n\n"
> -                   "If no other git process is currently running, this probably means a\n"
> -                   "git process crashed in this repository earlier. Make sure no other git\n"
> -                   "process is running and remove the file manually to continue.",
> +                   "Another git process seems to be running in this repository.\n"
> +                   "Please terminate it (e.g. quit any text editor that git may be\n"
> +                   "waiting for) and try again. If no other git process is running,\n"
> +                   "then a process may have crashed in this repository earlier:\n"
> +                   "remove the file manually to continue.",
>                             absolute_path(path), strerror(err));