Re: [PATCH v4] transport-helper: report errors properly

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On Mon, Apr 08, 2013 at 11:20:15AM -0700, Sverre Rabbelier wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 7:40 AM, Felipe Contreras
> <felipe.contreras@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > +               die("Reading from remote helper failed");
> 
> Does the user know what a remote helper is? Could we point them at
> some helpful docs in case they don't?

That's a good point. I wonder if it would be enough to say:

  fatal: Reading from helper git-remote-X failed

That might make it more clear what the helper's role is, and showing the
command name gives the user a starting point for running "man".

-Peff
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