[PATCH 1/2] Change error messages in ident.c Make error messages caused by failed reads of the /etc/passwd file easier to understand. Signed-off-by: Angus Hammond <angusgh@gmail.com>

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ static void copy_gecos(const struct passwd *w, char *name, size_t sz)
 	if (len < sz)
 		name[len] = 0;
 	else
-		die("Your parents must have hated you!");
+		die("Your GECOS field is too long.");
 
 }
 

@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ static void copy_email(const struct passwd *pw)
 	 */
 	size_t len = strlen(pw->pw_name);
 	if (len > sizeof(git_default_email)/2)
-		die("Your sysadmin must hate you!");
+		die("Your name field in is too long.");
 	memcpy(git_default_email, pw->pw_name, len);
 	git_default_email[len++] = '@';
 

@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ static void setup_ident(const char **name, const char **emailp)
 	if (!*name && !git_default_name[0]) {
 		pw = getpwuid(getuid());
 		if (!pw)
-			die("You don't exist. Go away!");
+			die("Could not read your GECOS field.");
 		copy_gecos(pw, git_default_name, sizeof(git_default_name));
 	}
 	if (!*name)

@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ static void setup_ident(const char **name, const char **emailp)
 			if (!pw)
 				pw = getpwuid(getuid());
 			if (!pw)
-				die("You don't exist. Go away!");
+				die("Could not read your GECOS field.");
 			copy_email(pw);
 		}
 	}

@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ const char *fmt_ident(const char *name, const char *email,
 			die("empty ident %s <%s> not allowed", name, email);
 		pw = getpwuid(getuid());
 		if (!pw)
-			die("You don't exist. Go away!");
+			die("Could not read your GECOS field.");
 		strlcpy(git_default_name, pw->pw_name,
 			sizeof(git_default_name));
 		name = git_default_name;