On Mon, Oct 8, 2018 at 6:27 PM Stefan Beller <sbeller@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 8, 2018 at 2:57 PM brian m. carlson
> <sandals@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > - if (line.len != 40)
> > - die("repack: Expecting 40 character sha1 lines only from pack-objects.");
> > + if (line.len != the_hash_algo->hexsz)
> > + die("repack: Expecting full hex object ID lines only from pack-objects.");
>
> This is untranslated as it is plumbing? If so, maybe
>
> if (is_sha1(the_hash_algo)
> die("repack: Expecting 40 character sh...
> else
> die(repack: Expecting full hex object ID in %s, of length %d",
> the_hash_algo->name,
> the_hash_algo->hexsz);
Special-casing for SHA-1 seems overkill for an error message. A script
expecting this particular error condition and this particular error
message would be fragile indeed.
