Re: [PATCH] git-svn: shorten glob error message

2016-01-27 Thread Junio C Hamano
Eric Wong writes: > Junio C Hamano wrote: >> I am not sure if it is a good idea to show */*/* as an example in >> the message (that is an anti-example of 'one set of wildcard' by >> having three stars, isn't it?), but that is not a new issue this >> change introduces. > > Actually, going back to

Re: [PATCH] git-svn: shorten glob error message

2016-01-26 Thread Eric Wong
Junio C Hamano wrote: > I am not sure if it is a good idea to show */*/* as an example in > the message (that is an anti-example of 'one set of wildcard' by > having three stars, isn't it?), but that is not a new issue this > change introduces. Actually, going back to commit 570d35c26dfbc40757da6

Re: [PATCH] git-svn: shorten glob error message

2016-01-22 Thread Victor Leschuk
Hello all, On 01/14/2016 09:15 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Eric Wong writes: > >> Error messages should attempt to fit within the confines of >> an 80-column terminal to avoid compatibility and accessibility >> problems. Furthermore the word "directories" can be misleading >> when used in the co