When ftruncate() in rearrange_squash() fails, we write that we couldn't finish the operation on the todo file. It is more accurate to write that we couldn't truncate as we do in other calls of ftruncate(). While at there, remove a full stop in another error message. Signed-off-by: Ralf Thielow <ralf.thielow@xxxxxxxxx> --- sequencer.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/sequencer.c b/sequencer.c index e258bb646..b0e6459a5 100644 --- a/sequencer.c +++ b/sequencer.c @@ -2948,9 +2948,9 @@ int rearrange_squash(void) if (fd < 0) res = error_errno(_("could not open '%s'"), todo_file); else if (write(fd, buf.buf, buf.len) < 0) - res = error_errno(_("could not read '%s'."), todo_file); + res = error_errno(_("could not read '%s'"), todo_file); else if (ftruncate(fd, buf.len) < 0) - res = error_errno(_("could not finish '%s'"), + res = error_errno(_("could not truncate '%s'"), todo_file); close(fd); strbuf_release(&buf); -- 2.15.0.rc0.296.g7b26d72