From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.9 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI, RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 50A2820437 for ; Mon, 16 Oct 2017 12:46:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752120AbdJPMqn (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Oct 2017 08:46:43 -0400 Received: from pb-smtp2.pobox.com ([64.147.108.71]:53911 "EHLO sasl.smtp.pobox.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751776AbdJPMqm (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Oct 2017 08:46:42 -0400 Received: from sasl.smtp.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp2.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2DE04AA1AE; Mon, 16 Oct 2017 08:46:42 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; s=sasl; bh=fm6lRF4nc5/RnIzigK4Fe7bCkkc=; b=Q9XAyB SoPf+pPEsSuXCfUzgyEYsKLaRG143NIaSpaVDhZZcdQH8pw7DwZo7MI/4Cm45ckE ZhgAB2Fj9XjtUnGzISopYPZ0+cH+KABvBS+QF3w46OzsD0NImgo3MfjPCNiwgyit nRNp//neb5X7E6YRBBy1sJ0d4c7Uuy22B5hWo= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; q=dns; s=sasl; b=NTTbeZRZ+6dkudBUULh8fRh45nBvCHEu dp1MeO6bxLmNFzvUH4nN6vuXV4rVSZHIYQXHGnbxcHCIue7pkFmaMtLmPH+eVfJv fnEV9u+ff/e+nMzBBQFl9frsH7Uj6goj6BbbqwmlaWjep4RJzBs0sSFcr0Ql0kCf dlgDgoGbiik= Received: from pb-smtp2.nyi.icgroup.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp2.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 246A6AA1AD; Mon, 16 Oct 2017 08:46:42 -0400 (EDT) Received: from pobox.com (unknown [104.132.0.95]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pb-smtp2.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 97E77AA1AC; Mon, 16 Oct 2017 08:46:41 -0400 (EDT) From: Junio C Hamano To: "Philip Oakley" Cc: "Johannes Schindelin" , "Ralf Thielow" , Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] sequencer.c: fix and unify error messages in rearrange_squash() References: <20171013175157.13634-1-ralf.thielow@gmail.com> <20171015170742.8395-1-ralf.thielow@gmail.com> <17346CCF8DEF41E790C96248408E07D2@PhilipOakley> Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2017 21:46:39 +0900 In-Reply-To: <17346CCF8DEF41E790C96248408E07D2@PhilipOakley> (Philip Oakley's message of "Mon, 16 Oct 2017 13:36:35 +0100") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.2.50 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Pobox-Relay-ID: 0F08846C-B270-11E7-9E5D-575F0C78B957-77302942!pb-smtp2.pobox.com Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org "Philip Oakley" writes: > Hi, 'Truncate' is real English, but it is not that common in normal usage. > > My dictionary suggests that it means 'cut off at the tip' such as a > truncated cone. However the thesaurus is far more relaxed about the > common idioms that truncate at the tail such as: clip, crop, cut > short, trim, abbreviate, curtail, etc. > > So perhaps "could not trim '%s'". Truncate is fine, as there is already another instance that barfs with "cannot truncate" upon an error from ftruncate(), and the patch merely matches the two error messages.