"Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@xxxxxx> > > Without an error message when `lstat()` failed, `git clean` would > abort without an error message, leaving the user quite puzzled. Let's drop the first three words ;-) Sorry for not catching it earlier and parrotting the same mistake in my variant yesterday. > In particular on Windows, where the default maximum path length is quite > small (yet there are ways to circumvent that limit in many cases), it is > very important that users be given an indication why their command > failed because of too long paths when it did. s/it is very important that users be given/it helps to give users/
