# [PATCH] Remove hyphen from "git-command" in two error messages

3 messages from 2010-02-15 to 2010-02-16. Participants: Pete Harlan, Junio C Hamano.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/22667

## Pete Harlan, 2010-02-15 23:25

Subject: [PATCH] Remove hyphen from "git-command" in two error messages
Message-ID: <4B79D7F2.80207@pcharlan.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/4B79D7F2.80207%40pcharlan.com

```
Signed-off-by: Pete Harlan <pgit@pcharlan.com>
---
The hyphen in

  git: 'foo' is not a git-command. See 'git --help'.

looks like an anachronism.  Patch generated against "next".

 git.c  |    2 +-
 help.c |    2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/git.c b/git.c
index b3e23f1..90c6daf 100644
--- a/git.c
+++ b/git.c
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv)
 			break;
 		if (was_alias) {
 			fprintf(stderr, "Expansion of alias '%s' failed; "
-				"'%s' is not a git-command\n",
+				"'%s' is not a git command\n",
 				cmd, argv[0]);
 			exit(1);
 		}
diff --git a/help.c b/help.c
index 9da97d7..7f4928e 100644
--- a/help.c
+++ b/help.c
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ const char *help_unknown_cmd(const char *cmd)
 		return assumed;
 	}

-	fprintf(stderr, "git: '%s' is not a git-command. See 'git --help'.\n",
cmd);
+	fprintf(stderr, "git: '%s' is not a git command. See 'git --help'.\n",
cmd);

 	if (SIMILAR_ENOUGH(best_similarity)) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "\nDid you mean %s?\n",
-- 
1.7.0

```

## Pete Harlan, 2010-02-15 23:33

Subject: Re: [PATCH/Fixed Wrap] Remove hyphen from "git-command" in two error messages
Message-ID: <4B79D9BE.9000407@pcharlan.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/4B79D9BE.9000407%40pcharlan.com
In-Reply-To: <4B79D7F2.80207@pcharlan.com>

```
Signed-off-by: Pete Harlan <pgit@pcharlan.com>
---
Replacement for previous patch; Thunderbird shouldn't wrap this time.
Sorry for the bother.

 git.c  |    2 +-
 help.c |    2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/git.c b/git.c
index b3e23f1..90c6daf 100644
--- a/git.c
+++ b/git.c
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv)
 			break;
 		if (was_alias) {
 			fprintf(stderr, "Expansion of alias '%s' failed; "
-				"'%s' is not a git-command\n",
+				"'%s' is not a git command\n",
 				cmd, argv[0]);
 			exit(1);
 		}
diff --git a/help.c b/help.c
index 9da97d7..7f4928e 100644
--- a/help.c
+++ b/help.c
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ const char *help_unknown_cmd(const char *cmd)
 		return assumed;
 	}

-	fprintf(stderr, "git: '%s' is not a git-command. See 'git --help'.\n", cmd);
+	fprintf(stderr, "git: '%s' is not a git command. See 'git --help'.\n", cmd);

 	if (SIMILAR_ENOUGH(best_similarity)) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "\nDid you mean %s?\n",
-- 
1.7.0

```

## Junio C Hamano, 2010-02-16 02:20

Subject: Re: [PATCH/Fixed Wrap] Remove hyphen from "git-command" in two error messages
Message-ID: <7vr5olor92.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/7vr5olor92.fsf%40alter.siamese.dyndns.org
In-Reply-To: <4B79D9BE.9000407@pcharlan.com>

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Thanks.

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