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Re: [PATCH v2] branch: change the error messages to be more meaningful

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Oct 4, 2017, 04:11 UTC
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Kaartic Sivaraam <kaarticsivaraam91196@gmail.com> writes:
> I interpreted the "not .. too bad" as a "it makes little sense". So,
> pinged the thread.
Thanks.  I think what the patch does (sort of) makes sense.  

It is a bit dissapointing that we do not need to touch tests, as it indicates that the logic to diagnose extra arguments as an error has no coverage.

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