From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Aghiles Subject: Re: Useless error message? Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 16:13:53 -0400 Message-ID: References: <20100421221953.GA25348@progeny.tock> <20100422115625.GJ3563@machine.or.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: Jonathan Nieder , git list To: Petr Baudis X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Thu Apr 22 22:14:59 2010 connect(): No such file or directory Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O52nW-0008QM-Mj for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Thu, 22 Apr 2010 22:14:55 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932272Ab0DVUOV convert rfc822-to-quoted-printable (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Apr 2010 16:14:21 -0400 Received: from mail-wy0-f174.google.com ([74.125.82.174]:41974 "EHLO mail-wy0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758114Ab0DVUOO convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Apr 2010 16:14:14 -0400 Received: by wyb39 with SMTP id 39so5123777wyb.19 for ; Thu, 22 Apr 2010 13:14:13 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :from:date:received:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=uk2J0wV3X+ce/YAKDFdE1Ew4vtXBiInz+rA3ccvyrDo=; b=yBfKP6QYLhTVnTu/hxkQ48sY0mIoO959B40upmiTe+gEYCc4Y3VHBdbKmv9KcQAjHK 4t5z3GKFj3TMmMDG6py3EFoHqeoxy4NyLyV/Xt3XIY+H6zx84bOGbz9+dkow/N7q6bNT z+qVumY/AG6ytnzoWT3cKw68UCQfzOkgy/EFI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=kTMh1GdQaSU8V5scWR0rbvKlZaYOONZn9qXdRX+M92BcMmRVc4EcFSHLDCw+4vKSxm n0GnGBkLGrr0rxV9MPBOU3TrfupaeSHjUtbX5jkO5y6NqPam1Vaw+RPxChrCMHCIVUlR 10Ci4b2hZT2YBd9ccUtFeBGdDIbqGckvJhpaI= Received: by 10.216.187.80 with HTTP; Thu, 22 Apr 2010 13:13:53 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20100422115625.GJ3563@machine.or.cz> Received: by 10.216.90.145 with SMTP id e17mr935758wef.106.1271967253181; Thu, 22 Apr 2010 13:14:13 -0700 (PDT) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Hello, > > I have seen a lot of users who plainly had a lot of trouble even > _understanding_ the error message - it is phrased in super-dense > networking jargon. I think something like > > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0"fatal: Server terminated the connection for unknown r= eason" > > might come a long way (though of course specific error messages would > still be far more helpful). > I would say that: "fatal: Server terminated the connection." Is best and actually says what it has to stay. "Unknown reason" sounds = like a godly intervention into the git protocol. Sometimes, the "hung up" mess= age is given as an extra information that actually causes more harm than good: % git pull hummus fatal: 'hummus' does not appear to be a git repository fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly -- aghiles