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From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
To: Chris Jones <chris@christopherjones.us>
Cc: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>, git@vger.kernel.org, gitster@pobox.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] git-filter-branch.sh: clarify an error message
Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2015 10:16:40 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <e753df13e78f23744fce015ca58be47a@www.dscho.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1436580240.2553376.320852705.0F1D7187@webmail.messagingengine.com>

Hi Chris,

On 2015-07-11 04:04, Chris Jones wrote:
> How does "You did not provide a valid range of commits.  
> At least one tip in your range must be a ref." sound?

Maybe a bit shorter, as well as less accusing (which "You did not...!" may sound):

    filter-branch requires a valid commit range.

Ciao,
Dscho

      reply	other threads:[~2015-07-11  8:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-07-04 23:39 [PATCH] git-filter-branch.sh: clarify an error message Chris Jones
2015-07-05 13:07 ` Jeff King
2015-07-05 14:41   ` Johannes Schindelin
2015-07-11  2:04     ` Chris Jones
2015-07-11  8:16       ` Johannes Schindelin [this message]

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