The remote server might not want to tell why it doesn't like us for security reasons, but let's make the client report such error in a bit less confusing way. The remote failure remains a mystery, but the local message might be a bit less so. Signed-off-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@xxxxxxx> --- diff --git a/git-fetch.sh b/git-fetch.sh index 4fb5ab8..102e633 100755 --- a/git-fetch.sh +++ b/git-fetch.sh @@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ fi # Global that is reused later ls_remote_result=$(git ls-remote $upload_pack "$remote") || - die "Cannot find the reflist at $remote" + die "Cannot get the repository state from $remote" append_fetch_head () { head_="$1" diff --git a/git-ls-remote.sh b/git-ls-remote.sh index 0f88953..03b624e 100755 --- a/git-ls-remote.sh +++ b/git-ls-remote.sh @@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ while read sha1 path do case "$sha1" in failed) - die "Failed to find remote refs" + exit 1 ;; esac case "$path" in refs/heads/*) diff --git a/pkt-line.c b/pkt-line.c index c1e81f9..e7528b1 100644 --- a/pkt-line.c +++ b/pkt-line.c @@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ static void safe_read(int fd, void *buffer, unsigned size) if (ret < 0) die("read error (%s)", strerror(errno)); if (!ret) - die("unexpected EOF"); + die("for some reason the remote end hung up unexpectedly"); n += ret; } } - 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