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Re: [PATCH 2/2] transport-helper: mention helper name when it dies

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Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>
Date
Apr 10, 2013, 21:35 UTC
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On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 2:28 PM, Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote:
> Now that's the kind of whole-hearted endorsement I strive for. :)

It's nothing wrong with your patch, the main problem is that there's not really a good place to point users at.

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> If you have better wording, I'm open to it. I do note that we don't
> actually have a manpage for "git-remote-https", though we do for others.
> Probably "man git-remote-helpers" is the most sensible thing to point
> the user to. But I don't even think this is worthy of a big advice
> message. It's a bug in the helper, it shouldn't really happen, and
> giving the user a token they can use to report or google for the error
> is probably good enough.

Yeah, exactly. man git-remote-helpers is more a place for developers to read how to implement a git-remote-helper, not so much a place for users to read what they are, and/or how to use them.

-- Cheers,

Sverre Rabbelier
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Message 29 of 31 in “transport-helper: report errors properly”
  1. transport-helper: report errors properlyFelipe Contreras, Apr 8, 2013
  2. Sverre RabbelierApr 8, 2013
  3. Jeff KingApr 8, 2013
  4. Jeff KingApr 8, 2013
  5. Thomas RastApr 9, 2013
  6. Jeff KingApr 9, 2013
  7. 0/2 reporting transport helper errorsJeff King, Apr 10, 2013
  8. 1/2 transport-helper: report errors properlyJeff King, Apr 10, 2013
  9. Sverre RabbelierApr 10, 2013
  10. Eric SunshineApr 10, 2013
  11. Felipe ContrerasApr 11, 2013
  12. Jeff KingApr 11, 2013
  13. Felipe ContrerasApr 11, 2013
  14. Jeff KingApr 11, 2013
  15. Felipe ContrerasApr 11, 2013
  16. Junio C HamanoApr 11, 2013
  17. Felipe ContrerasApr 11, 2013
  18. Junio C HamanoApr 11, 2013
  19. Felipe ContrerasApr 11, 2013
  20. Junio C HamanoApr 11, 2013
  21. Felipe ContrerasApr 13, 2013
  22. Jeff KingApr 13, 2013
  23. Felipe ContrerasApr 13, 2013
  24. Junio C HamanoApr 14, 2013
  25. Felipe ContrerasApr 14, 2013
  26. 2/2 transport-helper: mention helper name when it diesJeff King, Apr 10, 2013
  27. Sverre RabbelierApr 10, 2013
  28. Jeff KingApr 10, 2013
  29. Sverre RabbelierApr 10, 2013
  30. rhApr 10, 2013
  31. Jeff KingApr 11, 2013

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