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Re: [PATCH] Clean weird documentation for 'git var' and 'git

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PVPhilippe Vaucher <philippe.vaucher@gmail.com>
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May 10, 2012, 20:14 UTC
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>> I guess I'm just unfamiliar with the "Diagnostics" section of a man
>> page.
>
> Ahh, that makes your initial message understandable.
>
> It indeed is not one of the very common and established ones, and it may
> help to give it a gentler introduction.
Yes that's much better. Thanks!

I think in the long term those error messages should be more descriptive. For example "Your parents must have hated you" should be "Your name is too long, maximum %d characters allowed" or whatever.

Philippe
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