From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 19:53:12 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] commit: reword --author error message
Message-ID: <xmqqfvba1p07.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAPig+cR4vaYe+KiJthmpzo3p7JQyGgEDBqqLP0nBM3YjXXZywQ@mail.gmail.com>

Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> writes:

> On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 1:35 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
>> "Philip Oakley" <philipoakley@iee.org> writes:
>>
>>>     die(_("--author '%s': not 'Name <email>', nor matches any existing
>>> author"));
>>
>> Sounds good.  Thanks.
>
> To further bikeshed (particularly if "nor" is in the mix):
>
>     neither 'Name <email>' nor a match for an existing author

Short and sweet ;-)