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 > > "fatal: Server terminated the connection for unknown reason" > > 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" message 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 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html