Re: [PATCH v5 5/8] branch: drop non-commit error reporting

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On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 12:46 AM, Matthieu Moy
<Matthieu.Moy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> Remove the error reporting variable to make the code easier to port
>> over to using ref-filter APIs. This variable
>
> (it's not just a variable, it's also a message on the output)
>
>> is not required as in ref-filter we already check for possible errors
>> and report them.
>
> You should explain more why the check is redundant with the ones in
> ref-filter. You discussed this with Junio on the last round. The
> arguments you gave would deserve to appear in the commit message IMHO.
> Pointing to the exact checks in ref-filter would help.
>
> It may make sense to split the commit into several smaller ones, so that
> you can give a precise commit message for each error reporting you
> remove (error(_("branch '%s' does not point at a commit") and
> error(_("some refs could not be read"))).
>

I could do that, but it would be small changes. But I think it's worth it,
will wait for other changes if needed and send.

-- 
Regards,
Karthik Nayak
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