Thread (1 message) 1 message, 1 author, 2017-03-29

Re: [PATCH] unpack-trees.c: align submodule error message to the other error messages

From: Junio C Hamano <hidden>
Date: 2017-03-29 22:47:14

Stefan Beller [off-list ref] writes:
quoted hunk
As the place holder in the error message is for multiple submodules,
we don't want to encapsulate the string place holder in single quotes.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Beller <redacted>
---
quoted
Nitpicking about wording: unless the user has adopted a strongly
object-oriented point of view, it is Git that cannot checkout a new
HEAD, not the submodule.

How about:

                _("Cannot update submodule:\n%s")
quoted
That's vague, but if I understand correctly the way this error gets
used is equally vague --- i.e., a clearer message would involve
finer-grained error codes.
Makes sense. Here is the patch.
Let's roll this as its own instead of waiting for the discussion on the other
patch to settle.

Thanks,
Stefan

 unpack-trees.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/unpack-trees.c b/unpack-trees.c
index 8333da2cc9..0d82452f7f 100644
--- a/unpack-trees.c
+++ b/unpack-trees.c
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ void setup_unpack_trees_porcelain(struct unpack_trees_options *opts,
 	msgs[ERROR_WOULD_LOSE_ORPHANED_REMOVED] =
 		_("The following working tree files would be removed by sparse checkout update:\n%s");
 	msgs[ERROR_WOULD_LOSE_SUBMODULE] =
-		_("Submodule '%s' cannot checkout new HEAD");
+		_("Cannot update submodule:\n%s")
Missing ';'.  I'll fix locally, but the final integration result
won't be pushed out until later tonight, as I need to redo jch and
pu branches with a fixed version.

 
 	opts->show_all_errors = 1;
 	/* rejected paths may not have a static buffer */
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