Re: [PATCH 10/10] get_short_sha1: list ambiguous objects on error

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Sep 26, 2016, 17:39 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqfuomtvb5.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <20160926173413.prp3wevf6kkksy7c@sigill.intra.peff.net>

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

> Since it's attached to an error path, I'm guessing nobody will be too
> upset about it, so my inclination was to wait and let somebody add the
> conditional advice code if they're bothered.

Fair enough. At that point of getting an error message, the only thing they can do is to start wondering what object the person who gave the now-non-unique abbrevation to them, so I suspect this is one of the "advice" messages that can always be there.

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