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[1/3] builtin/log: downcase the beginning of error messages

Message ID 20190222201111.98196-2-gitster@pobox.com (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
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Series format-patch --no-clobber | expand

Commit Message

Junio C Hamano Feb. 22, 2019, 8:11 p.m. UTC
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
---
 builtin/log.c | 38 +++++++++++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

Comments

Eric Sunshine Feb. 22, 2019, 8:24 p.m. UTC | #1
On Fri, Feb 22, 2019 at 3:11 PM Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> diff --git a/builtin/log.c b/builtin/log.c
> @@ -911,7 +911,7 @@ static void get_patch_ids(struct rev_info *rev, struct patch_ids *ids)
>         if (rev->pending.nr != 2)
> -               die(_("Need exactly one range."));
> +               die(_("need exactly one range."));

Perhaps drop the trailing period while you're here?

> @@ -921,7 +921,7 @@ static void get_patch_ids(struct rev_info *rev, struct patch_ids *ids)
>         if ((flags1 & UNINTERESTING) == (flags2 & UNINTERESTING))
> -               die(_("Not a range."));
> +               die(_("not a range."));

Ditto.

> @@ -1331,16 +1331,16 @@ static struct commit *get_base_commit(const char *base_commit,
>                         if (get_oid(upstream, &oid))
> -                               die(_("Failed to resolve '%s' as a valid ref."), upstream);
> +                               die(_("failed to resolve '%s' as a valid ref."), upstream);

Ditto.

>                         if (!base_list || base_list->next)
> -                               die(_("Could not find exact merge base."));
> +                               die(_("could not find exact merge base."));

Ditto.

> -                       die(_("Failed to get upstream, if you want to record base commit automatically,\n"
> +                       die(_("failed to get upstream, if you want to record base commit automatically,\n"
>                               "please use git branch --set-upstream-to to track a remote branch.\n"
>                               "Or you could specify base commit by --base=<base-commit-id> manually."));

The capitalized "Or you..." is odd after s/Failed/failed/. I wonder if
the period in the first sentence should be replaced by a semicolon and
then "Or you..." downcased (and the final period dropped):

    die(_("failed to ... automatically,\n"
    "please use ... branch;\n"
    "or you ... manually"));
Junio C Hamano Feb. 22, 2019, 8:40 p.m. UTC | #2
Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> writes:

>> -                       die(_("Failed to get upstream, if you want to record base commit automatically,\n"
>> +                       die(_("failed to get upstream, if you want to record base commit automatically,\n"
>>                               "please use git branch --set-upstream-to to track a remote branch.\n"
>>                               "Or you could specify base commit by --base=<base-commit-id> manually."));
>
> The capitalized "Or you..." is odd after s/Failed/failed/.

It briefly bothered me, too, but after realizing that this is not
the whole sentence, it no longer looks so bad to me.  The thing is
that "Failed" (or "failed") is *not* what starts the message.  This
one is die(), so what you'd actually see is

	fatal: failed to get upstream, ... to track a remote branch.
	Or you could ...

with "fatal:" prefix.
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Patch

diff --git a/builtin/log.c b/builtin/log.c
index 57869267d8..f2d1fbf18a 100644
--- a/builtin/log.c
+++ b/builtin/log.c
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@  static int show_blob_object(const struct object_id *oid, struct rev_info *rev, c
 	if (get_oid_with_context(the_repository, obj_name,
 				 GET_OID_RECORD_PATH,
 				 &oidc, &obj_context))
-		die(_("Not a valid object name %s"), obj_name);
+		die(_("not a valid object name %s"), obj_name);
 	if (!obj_context.path ||
 	    !textconv_object(the_repository, obj_context.path,
 			     obj_context.mode, &oidc, 1, &buf, &size)) {
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@  static int show_tag_object(const struct object_id *oid, struct rev_info *rev)
 	int offset = 0;
 
 	if (!buf)
-		return error(_("Could not read object %s"), oid_to_hex(oid));
+		return error(_("could not read object %s"), oid_to_hex(oid));
 
 	assert(type == OBJ_TAG);
 	while (offset < size && buf[offset] != '\n') {
@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@  int cmd_show(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 				break;
 			o = parse_object(the_repository, &t->tagged->oid);
 			if (!o)
-				ret = error(_("Could not read object %s"),
+				ret = error(_("could not read object %s"),
 					    oid_to_hex(&t->tagged->oid));
 			objects[i].item = o;
 			i--;
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@  int cmd_show(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			ret = cmd_log_walk(&rev);
 			break;
 		default:
-			ret = error(_("Unknown type: %d"), o->type);
+			ret = error(_("unknown type: %d"), o->type);
 		}
 	}
 	free(objects);
@@ -894,7 +894,7 @@  static int open_next_file(struct commit *commit, const char *subject,
 		printf("%s\n", filename.buf + outdir_offset);
 
 	if ((rev->diffopt.file = fopen(filename.buf, "w")) == NULL) {
-		error_errno(_("Cannot open patch file %s"), filename.buf);
+		error_errno(_("cannot open patch file %s"), filename.buf);
 		strbuf_release(&filename);
 		return -1;
 	}
@@ -911,7 +911,7 @@  static void get_patch_ids(struct rev_info *rev, struct patch_ids *ids)
 	unsigned flags1, flags2;
 
 	if (rev->pending.nr != 2)
-		die(_("Need exactly one range."));
+		die(_("need exactly one range."));
 
 	o1 = rev->pending.objects[0].item;
 	o2 = rev->pending.objects[1].item;
@@ -921,7 +921,7 @@  static void get_patch_ids(struct rev_info *rev, struct patch_ids *ids)
 	c2 = lookup_commit_reference(the_repository, &o2->oid);
 
 	if ((flags1 & UNINTERESTING) == (flags2 & UNINTERESTING))
-		die(_("Not a range."));
+		die(_("not a range."));
 
 	init_patch_ids(the_repository, ids);
 
@@ -1044,7 +1044,7 @@  static void make_cover_letter(struct rev_info *rev, int use_stdout,
 	struct commit *head = list[0];
 
 	if (!cmit_fmt_is_mail(rev->commit_format))
-		die(_("Cover letter needs email format"));
+		die(_("cover letter needs email format"));
 
 	committer = git_committer_info(0);
 
@@ -1214,7 +1214,7 @@  static int output_directory_callback(const struct option *opt, const char *arg,
 	const char **dir = (const char **)opt->value;
 	BUG_ON_OPT_NEG(unset);
 	if (*dir)
-		die(_("Two output directories?"));
+		die(_("two output directories?"));
 	*dir = arg;
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -1321,7 +1321,7 @@  static struct commit *get_base_commit(const char *base_commit,
 	if (base_commit && strcmp(base_commit, "auto")) {
 		base = lookup_commit_reference_by_name(base_commit);
 		if (!base)
-			die(_("Unknown commit %s"), base_commit);
+			die(_("unknown commit %s"), base_commit);
 	} else if ((base_commit && !strcmp(base_commit, "auto")) || base_auto) {
 		struct branch *curr_branch = branch_get(NULL);
 		const char *upstream = branch_get_upstream(curr_branch, NULL);
@@ -1331,16 +1331,16 @@  static struct commit *get_base_commit(const char *base_commit,
 			struct object_id oid;
 
 			if (get_oid(upstream, &oid))
-				die(_("Failed to resolve '%s' as a valid ref."), upstream);
+				die(_("failed to resolve '%s' as a valid ref."), upstream);
 			commit = lookup_commit_or_die(&oid, "upstream base");
 			base_list = get_merge_bases_many(commit, total, list);
 			/* There should be one and only one merge base. */
 			if (!base_list || base_list->next)
-				die(_("Could not find exact merge base."));
+				die(_("could not find exact merge base."));
 			base = base_list->item;
 			free_commit_list(base_list);
 		} else {
-			die(_("Failed to get upstream, if you want to record base commit automatically,\n"
+			die(_("failed to get upstream, if you want to record base commit automatically,\n"
 			      "please use git branch --set-upstream-to to track a remote branch.\n"
 			      "Or you could specify base commit by --base=<base-commit-id> manually."));
 		}
@@ -1360,7 +1360,7 @@  static struct commit *get_base_commit(const char *base_commit,
 			struct commit_list *merge_base;
 			merge_base = get_merge_bases(rev[2 * i], rev[2 * i + 1]);
 			if (!merge_base || merge_base->next)
-				die(_("Failed to find exact merge base"));
+				die(_("failed to find exact merge base"));
 
 			rev[i] = merge_base->item;
 		}
@@ -1739,7 +1739,7 @@  int cmd_format_patch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		if (use_stdout)
 			die(_("standard output, or directory, which one?"));
 		if (mkdir(output_directory, 0777) < 0 && errno != EEXIST)
-			die_errno(_("Could not create directory '%s'"),
+			die_errno(_("could not create directory '%s'"),
 				  output_directory);
 	}
 
@@ -1941,7 +1941,7 @@  int cmd_format_patch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 
 		if (!use_stdout &&
 		    open_next_file(rev.numbered_files ? NULL : commit, NULL, &rev, quiet))
-			die(_("Failed to create output files"));
+			die(_("failed to create output files"));
 		shown = log_tree_commit(&rev, commit);
 		free_commit_buffer(the_repository->parsed_objects,
 				   commit);
@@ -2065,9 +2065,9 @@  int cmd_cherry(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	revs.max_parents = 1;
 
 	if (add_pending_commit(head, &revs, 0))
-		die(_("Unknown commit %s"), head);
+		die(_("unknown commit %s"), head);
 	if (add_pending_commit(upstream, &revs, UNINTERESTING))
-		die(_("Unknown commit %s"), upstream);
+		die(_("unknown commit %s"), upstream);
 
 	/* Don't say anything if head and upstream are the same. */
 	if (revs.pending.nr == 2) {
@@ -2079,7 +2079,7 @@  int cmd_cherry(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	get_patch_ids(&revs, &ids);
 
 	if (limit && add_pending_commit(limit, &revs, UNINTERESTING))
-		die(_("Unknown commit %s"), limit);
+		die(_("unknown commit %s"), limit);
 
 	/* reverse the list of commits */
 	if (prepare_revision_walk(&revs))