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Re: [PATCHv2] commit: reword --author error message

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jan 27, 2015, 02:43 UTC
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Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
> ... I somehow had trouble making
> sense of Z ("a match...") as a noun.
> I wonder if adding back in the missing verb, rather than a colon, would
> also make more sense:
>
>   --author '%s' is neither 'Name <email>' nor a match for an existing author
Then
>   --author '%s' is not 'Name <email>' and matches no existing author
would be the shortest, sweetest and hopefully grammatical, perhaps?
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  1. Gunnar WagnerJan 13, 2015
  2. Michael J GruberJan 13, 2015
  3. Jeff KingJan 14, 2015
  4. Michael J GruberJan 15, 2015
  5. commit: reword --author error messageMichael J Gruber, Jan 15, 2015
  6. Michael J GruberJan 15, 2015
  7. Jeff KingJan 15, 2015
  8. Michael J GruberJan 15, 2015
  9. Junio C HamanoJan 15, 2015
  10. Jeff KingJan 16, 2015
  11. Junio C HamanoJan 16, 2015
  12. Philip OakleyJan 16, 2015
  13. Junio C HamanoJan 16, 2015
  14. Eric SunshineJan 16, 2015
  15. Junio C HamanoJan 16, 2015
  16. [PATCHv2] commit: reword --author error messageMichael J Gruber, Jan 26, 2015
  17. Jeff KingJan 26, 2015
  18. Junio C HamanoJan 27, 2015
  19. Jeff KingJan 27, 2015
  20. Philip OakleyJan 27, 2015
  21. Ramsay JonesJan 27, 2015

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