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Re: [PATCH] Re: Minor grammar fix in the 'Not a git repository' message

From
Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 17, 2009, 09:29 UTC
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"Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." <bss@iguanasuicide.net> writes:
> On Monday 16 February 2009 18:51:03 Junio C Hamano wrote:
> > Nicolas Sebrecht <nicolas.s-dev@laposte.net> writes:
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> > > The message
> > > 	"Not inside a git repository"
> > > of Wincent looks like the clearest and the fairest one.
> >
> > I tend to agree.  I was only trying to see if we can salvage a more
> > precise diagnosis f66bc5f (Always show which directory is not a git
> > repository, 2008-12-22) tried to give users.
> 
> "Not in a git repository or work tree: %s", DEFAULT_GIT_DIR_ENVIRONMENT
> ?

"Not in a git repository or in a work tree: %s" perhaps... cwd or DEFAULT_GIT_DIR_ENVIRONMENT?

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Jakub Narebski
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Message 7 of 8 in “Minor grammar fix in the 'Not a git repository' message”
  1. Minor grammar fix in the 'Not a git repository' messageJohannes Schindelin, Feb 16, 2009
  2. Wincent ColaiutaFeb 16, 2009
  3. Junio C HamanoFeb 16, 2009
  4. Re: Minor grammar fix in the 'Not a git repository' messageNicolas Sebrecht, Feb 17, 2009
  5. Junio C HamanoFeb 17, 2009
  6. Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.Feb 17, 2009
  7. Jakub NarebskiFeb 17, 2009
  8. Lars NoschinskiFeb 17, 2009

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