The output from git push currently looks like this: $ git push dest HEAD fatal: [some message from index-pack] error: unpack failed: index-pack abnormal exit To dest ! [remote rejected] HEAD -> master (n/a (unpacker error)) That n/a is meant to be "the per-ref status is not available" but the nested parentheses just make it look ugly. Let's turn the final line into just: ! [remote rejected] HEAD -> master (unpacker error) Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> --- Maybe it is just me, but I have always found the "n/a" and extra parentheses ugly and unnecessary. But obviously others may differ. It doesn't really come up that often, since index-pack failing usually implies a git bug. But with transfer.fsckObjects turn on, it is more common. I don't think there should be any backwards compatibility issues with changing this. The "reason" field sent back by receive-pack has always been a free-form human-readable string. I also dislike the "index-pack abnormal exit" message. Again, when index-pack really crashes, it's fine, but it can die due to bogus objects, too, in which case it might be nice to have a more human-readable message. builtin/receive-pack.c | 2 +- t/t5504-fetch-receive-strict.sh | 2 +- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/builtin/receive-pack.c b/builtin/receive-pack.c index ac679ab..ff781fe 100644 --- a/builtin/receive-pack.c +++ b/builtin/receive-pack.c @@ -695,7 +695,7 @@ static void execute_commands(struct command *commands, const char *unpacker_erro if (unpacker_error) { for (cmd = commands; cmd; cmd = cmd->next) - cmd->error_string = "n/a (unpacker error)"; + cmd->error_string = "unpacker error"; return; } diff --git a/t/t5504-fetch-receive-strict.sh b/t/t5504-fetch-receive-strict.sh index 35ec294..69ee13c 100755 --- a/t/t5504-fetch-receive-strict.sh +++ b/t/t5504-fetch-receive-strict.sh @@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ To dst cat >exp <<EOF To dst -! refs/heads/master:refs/heads/test [remote rejected] (n/a (unpacker error)) +! refs/heads/master:refs/heads/test [remote rejected] (unpacker error) EOF test_expect_success 'push with receive.fsckobjects' ' -- 1.7.11.7.15.g085c6bd -- 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