# [PATCH] refs: Add missing space in message

3 messages from 2025-11-05 to 2025-11-06. Participants: Peter Krefting, Junio C Hamano.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/64447

## Peter Krefting, 2025-11-05 21:47

Subject: [PATCH] refs: Add missing space in message
Message-ID: <a8220721-3260-15cb-6960-ca8b6433d7b5@softwolves.pp.se>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/a8220721-3260-15cb-6960-ca8b6433d7b5%40softwolves.pp.se

```
Signed-off-by: Peter Krefting <peter@softwolves.pp.se>
---
 refs/files-backend.c    | 2 +-
 refs/reftable-backend.c | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/refs/files-backend.c b/refs/files-backend.c
index 054cf42f4e..1adc4b5182 100644
--- a/refs/files-backend.c
+++ b/refs/files-backend.c
@@ -3124,7 +3124,7 @@ static int parse_and_write_reflog(struct files_ref_store *refs,
 		if (!(update->flags & REF_HAVE_OLD) ||
 		    !(update->flags & REF_HAVE_NEW) ||
 		    !(update->flags & REF_LOG_ONLY)) {
-			strbuf_addf(err, _("trying to write reflog for '%s'"
+			strbuf_addf(err, _("trying to write reflog for '%s' "
 					   "with incomplete values"), update->refname);
 			return REF_TRANSACTION_ERROR_GENERIC;
 		}
diff --git a/refs/reftable-backend.c b/refs/reftable-backend.c
index d4b7928620..eeec64798f 100644
--- a/refs/reftable-backend.c
+++ b/refs/reftable-backend.c
@@ -1103,7 +1103,7 @@ static enum ref_transaction_error prepare_single_update(struct reftable_ref_stor
 		if (!(u->flags & REF_HAVE_OLD) ||
 		    !(u->flags & REF_HAVE_NEW) ||
 		    !(u->flags & REF_LOG_ONLY)) {
-			strbuf_addf(err, _("trying to write reflog for '%s'"
+			strbuf_addf(err, _("trying to write reflog for '%s' "
 					   "with incomplete values"), u->refname);
 			return REF_TRANSACTION_ERROR_GENERIC;
 		}
-- 
2.47.2


```

## Junio C Hamano, 2025-11-05 23:03

Subject: Re: [PATCH] refs: Add missing space in message
Message-ID: <xmqqikfokrq0.fsf@gitster.g>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/xmqqikfokrq0.fsf%40gitster.g
In-Reply-To: <a8220721-3260-15cb-6960-ca8b6433d7b5@softwolves.pp.se>

```
Peter Krefting <peter@softwolves.pp.se> writes:

> Signed-off-by: Peter Krefting <peter@softwolves.pp.se>
> ---
>  refs/files-backend.c    | 2 +-
>  refs/reftable-backend.c | 2 +-
>  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Good eyes.  Both of these came from 465eff81 (refs: fix invalid old
object IDs when migrating reflogs, 2025-08-06), which appeared in
Git 2.51.1 already.  Let's merge it before the upcoming release.

Thanks.


> diff --git a/refs/files-backend.c b/refs/files-backend.c
> index 054cf42f4e..1adc4b5182 100644
> --- a/refs/files-backend.c
> +++ b/refs/files-backend.c
> @@ -3124,7 +3124,7 @@ static int parse_and_write_reflog(struct files_ref_store *refs,
>  		if (!(update->flags & REF_HAVE_OLD) ||
>  		    !(update->flags & REF_HAVE_NEW) ||
>  		    !(update->flags & REF_LOG_ONLY)) {
> -			strbuf_addf(err, _("trying to write reflog for '%s'"
> +			strbuf_addf(err, _("trying to write reflog for '%s' "
>  					   "with incomplete values"), update->refname);
>  			return REF_TRANSACTION_ERROR_GENERIC;
>  		}
> diff --git a/refs/reftable-backend.c b/refs/reftable-backend.c
> index d4b7928620..eeec64798f 100644
> --- a/refs/reftable-backend.c
> +++ b/refs/reftable-backend.c
> @@ -1103,7 +1103,7 @@ static enum ref_transaction_error prepare_single_update(struct reftable_ref_stor
>  		if (!(u->flags & REF_HAVE_OLD) ||
>  		    !(u->flags & REF_HAVE_NEW) ||
>  		    !(u->flags & REF_LOG_ONLY)) {
> -			strbuf_addf(err, _("trying to write reflog for '%s'"
> +			strbuf_addf(err, _("trying to write reflog for '%s' "
>  					   "with incomplete values"), u->refname);
>  			return REF_TRANSACTION_ERROR_GENERIC;
>  		}

```

## Peter Krefting, 2025-11-06 12:45

Subject: Re: [PATCH] refs: Add missing space in message
Message-ID: <2013e26e02fe07c1908ed8ce09359d57@softwolves.pp.se>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/2013e26e02fe07c1908ed8ce09359d57%40softwolves.pp.se
In-Reply-To: <xmqqikfokrq0.fsf@gitster.g>

```
2025-11-06 00:03 skrev Junio C Hamano:

> Good eyes.

They are easy to spot when doing the localization, as gettext only wraps 
the generated PO template at whitespace.

In case someone wants to spellcheck the user interface, I would 
recommend starting from the PO template (make po/git.pot).

-- 
\\// Peter - http://www.softwolves.pp.se/

```
