From: Duy Nguyen Date: Mon, 29 Feb 2016 00:35:46 GMT Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH] lockfile: improve error message when lockfile exists Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <1456690276-13914-1-git-send-email-Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr> On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 3:11 AM, Matthieu Moy wrote: > 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)); i18n police checking in :) This message looks very much translatable. Could you check if that's true while you're touching this code, and if so _() it? > } else > strbuf_addf(buf, "Unable to create '%s.lock': %s", also this one, I think. -- Duy