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[PATCH] Explain what went wrong on update-cache of new file
authorAmos Waterland <apw@rossby.metr.ou.edu>
Thu, 1 Sep 2005 14:13:50 +0000 (09:13 -0500)
committerJunio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Fri, 2 Sep 2005 04:45:00 +0000 (21:45 -0700)
commit89bc8c785e20258efba3b2b5ffc26098fa0b8bc8
tree3260ded767eb47cfa959cdc46d35ef9e4b6d1a16
parenta1d4aa742416953a3ac9be9154c55e90a4193cd6
[PATCH] Explain what went wrong on update-cache of new file

If somebody tries to run `git update-cache foo', where foo is a new
file, git dies with a rather cryptic error message:

 fatal: Unable to add foo to database

This trivial patch makes git explain what probably went wrong.  It is
not a perfect diagnosis of all error paths, but for 90% of the cases it
should provide the user with the clue they need.

[jc: I ended up wording slightly differently, and fixed another
 confusing error message I noticed while reviewing the code.]

Signed-off-by: Amos Waterland <apw@rossby.metr.ou.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
update-cache.c