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Re: [PATCH 1/2] Change error messages in ident.c Make error messages caused by failed reads of the /etc/passwd file easier to understand. Signed-off-by: Angus Hammond <angusgh@gmail.com>

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Angus Hammond <angusgh@gmail.com>
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May 10, 2012, 19:57 UTC
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On 10 May 2012 20:43, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
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> They are one of the oldest and humorous messages we have in the system,
> and more importantly, users will see them only once on a badly configured
> system.  If there is no real-life reason (e.g. "if we do not change this
> message, Nuclear reactors will start misbehaving"), I would rather keep
> them as they are for hysterical raisins.

I'm not too worried either way, just tried to knock the patch out quickly because it came up and this seemed like the logical solution. In all honesty though, whilst I don't have a problem with unix humour being in git, I do have a bit of a problem with it being in error messages since when these are displayed it means that a users system is preventing them from using git for whatever reason, and at those times there's a good chance you're worried about fixing that problem, not laughing at a joke made by Linus several years ago.

Just my 2 cents. It's probably not worth too much bother since it'll only ever show up very rarely. Thanks Angus

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  1. 1/2 Change error messages in ident.c Make error messages caused by failed reads of the /etc/passwd file easier to understand. Signed-off-by: Angus Hammond <angusgh@gmail.com>Angus Hammond, May 10, 2012
  2. 2/2 Remove diagnostics section from commit-tree and var man pages New error messages shouldn't need explaining like the old ones did so just delete the diagnostics section of the man pages. Signed-off-by: Angus Hammond <angusgh@gmail.com>Angus Hammond, May 10, 2012
  3. Angus HammondMay 10, 2012
  4. Jeff KingMay 10, 2012
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  6. Junio C HamanoMay 11, 2012
  7. Jeff KingMay 11, 2012
  8. 1/2 drop length limitations on gecos-derived names and emailsJeff King, May 14, 2012
  9. Jeff KingMay 14, 2012
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  14. Junio C HamanoMay 15, 2012
  15. Jeff KingMay 15, 2012
  16. Junio C HamanoMay 15, 2012
  17. 2/2 ident: report passwd errors with a more friendly messageJeff King, May 14, 2012
  18. Junio C HamanoMay 10, 2012
  19. Jeff KingMay 10, 2012
  20. Junio C HamanoMay 10, 2012
  21. Junio C HamanoMay 10, 2012
  22. Angus HammondMay 10, 2012
  23. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyMay 11, 2012

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