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Re: [PATCH/RFC] setup: update error message to be more meaningful

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jul 29, 2017, 03:53 UTC
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Kaartic Sivaraam <kaarticsivaraam91196@gmail.com> writes:
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> Though the message seems to be most fitting one, I'm a little reluctant
> to use it as it "might" create a wrong picture on the minds of the user
> making them think this would be the case in other cases too, which we
> know is not true. For example,
>
>
>     git log -p --full-diff master --stat
>
>     git commit -v Makefile --amend
These are accepted not by design but by accident.

I do not think we even document that you are allowed to do these in "log" and "commit" manual pages, and we should discourage them (I do not even mind eventually removing these with the usual deprecation dance, but I do not think it is worth the noise).

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  1. setup: update error message to be more meaningfulKaartic Sivaraam, Jul 25, 2017
  2. Kaartic SivaraamJul 25, 2017
  3. Jonathan NiederJul 25, 2017
  4. Kaartic SivaraamJul 26, 2017
  5. Junio C HamanoJul 26, 2017
  6. Kaartic SivaraamJul 29, 2017
  7. Junio C HamanoJul 29, 2017
  8. Kaartic SivaraamJul 29, 2017
  9. setup: update error message to be more meaningfulKaartic Sivaraam, Jul 29, 2017
  10. Junio C HamanoJul 29, 2017
  11. Kaartic SivaraamJul 30, 2017
  12. Kaartic SivaraamJul 30, 2017
  13. setup: update error message to be more meaningfulKaartic Sivaraam, Oct 2, 2017
  14. Junio C HamanoOct 3, 2017
  15. Kaartic SivaraamOct 4, 2017

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