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patchRe: [PATCH] make git a bit less cryptic on fetch errors

Subject: Re: [PATCH] make git a bit less cryptic on fetch errors

## tl;dr

One message between Dec 18, 2006 and Dec 18, 2006. Diffs are folded; open one to read it.

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Andy Parkins· Dec 18, 2006, 23:22 UTC · lore

On Monday 2006, December 18 20:16, Nicolas Pitre wrote:

> -			die("unexpected EOF");
> +			die("for some reason the remote end hung up unexpectedly");

If we don't know the reason; then saying this makes it sound like we just couldn't be bothered to write the message. How about just:

"The remote end hung up unexpectedly"

Andy

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