Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] clean: show an error message when the path is too long

[Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>]

Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:

> On Thu, 18 Jul 2019, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>
>> "Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
>> writes:
>>
>> > From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
>> >
>> > 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.
>
> You mean the first four words.

Eek, yes, I cannot count ;-)

>> > 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/
>
> If you really feel it important to invalidate my personal style of
> expression, sure.

I meant it as a pure improvement---I think the importance of this
change to the affected population is so obvious that it does not
need self promoting exaggeration to convince readers by stating
plainly how it helps.

But if it is very important for you, I'll undo the change before
merging it to 'next'.

Thanks.
t