Re: [PATCH 00/20] [GIT PULL][v3.2] tracing: queued updates

* Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu [off-list ref] wrote:

On Tue, 11 Oct 2011 07:50:17 +0200, Ingo Molnar said:

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 $ git pull git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-2.6-trace.git tip/perf/core
 fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly

Is it possible to get 'git' to say something more informative than 
"hung up unexpectedly"? "Tree not found, check URL" or similar 
would be nice...

I've Cc:-ed the Git development list which has lots of very 
responsive gents on it eager to improve Git.

I see this message dozens of times per year and i am always confused 
about the message.

Firstly, arguably, typoing something is not 'fatal' really - it's 
just a resource that was not found on the server.

Secondly, and more importantly, the reason for the failed pull is 
indeed important to know, if you want to resolve the problem with a 
minimum fuss:

 - Was it the tree that didnt exist?
 - Or the branch?
 - Or was there some other problem [such as a truly unexpectedly 
                                    closed transport socket]?

It's really useful for a painless UI flow to disambiguate failure 
messages into clearly actionable variants.

Thanks,

	Ingo