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Re: [PATCH] i18n: fix dangling dot in die() messages

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Sep 4, 2018, 19:47 UTC
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Jean-Noël Avila <jn.avila@free.fr> writes:
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> On 04/09/2018, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote:On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 4:59
> PM Jean-Noel Avila <jn.avila@free.fr> wrote:
>> Your commit message says "dangling dot"...
>
> The dot is dangling on its own line. I don't really catch why this would
> be needed.
>
>>
>>> diff --git a/builtin/submodule--helper.c b/builtin/submodule--helper.c
>>> index b56028ba9d..a011abfd7c 100644
>>> --- a/builtin/submodule--helper.c
>>> +++ b/builtin/submodule--helper.c
>>> @@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ static void runcommand_in_submodule_cb(const struct cache_entry *list_item,
>>>                 printf(_("Entering '%s'\n"), displaypath);
>>>
>>>         if (info->argv[0] && run_command(&cp))
>>> -               die(_("run_command returned non-zero status for %s\n."),
>>> +               die(_("run_command returned non-zero status for %s"),
>> ...but here and below you're also removing the newline. Is this
>> intended, and does it work as desired afterwards? I.e. were we just
>> ignoring the \n?
>>
>
> I checked that usually, the die command does not have the final dot nor
> a new line. But I'm not sure of what's intended here.

Your changes look correct. Die() and friends terminate the message on their own, so a trailing newline in the message is usually a mistake.

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  5. Jiang XinSep 4, 2018
  6. i18n: fix dangling dot in die() messagesJean-Noel Avila, Sep 4, 2018
  7. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonSep 4, 2018
  8. Jean-Noël AvilaSep 4, 2018
  9. Junio C HamanoSep 4, 2018
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