When we encounter an unknown http error (e.g., a 403), we hand the error code to http_error, which then prints it with error(). After that we die with the redundant message "HTTP request failed". Instead, let's just drop http_error entirely, which does nothing but pass arguments to error(), and instead die directly with a useful message. So before: $ git clone https://example.com/repo.git Cloning into 'repo'... error: unable to access 'https://example.com/repo.git': The requested URL returned error: 403 Forbidden fatal: HTTP request failed and after: $ git clone https://example.com/repo.git Cloning into 'repo'... fatal: unable to access 'https://example.com/repo.git': The requested URL returned error: 403 Forbidden Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> --- remote-curl.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/remote-curl.c b/remote-curl.c index 9abe4b7..60eda63 100644 --- a/remote-curl.c +++ b/remote-curl.c @@ -216,8 +216,7 @@ static struct discovery* discover_refs(const char *service, int for_push) die("Authentication failed for '%s'", url); default: show_http_message(&type, &buffer); - http_error(url); - die("HTTP request failed"); + die("unable to access '%s': %s", url, curl_errorstr); } last= xcalloc(1, sizeof(*last_discovery)); -- 1.8.2.rc0.33.gd915649 -- 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