Add information to ambiguous error message. #5172
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Users could confuse the previous error message with a shell path issue, as though it could not resolve the installation of git-lfs. The proposed message in this commit offers additional insight by: - Detailing that LFS has not been installed for this repository. - Offering a fix (git lfs install) for the error. Relate issue #3048. Judging by the continued addition of upvotes, even after the issue has been closed, users are still running into this problem.
commands/command_pull.go
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| fmt.Println(tr.Tr.Get("Skipping object checkout, Git LFS is not installed.")) | |||
| fmt.Println(tr.Tr.Get("Skipping object checkout, Git LFS is not installed for this repository. Consider installing it with 'git lfs install'.")) | |||
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I think this text is clearly an improvement, but I think it's longer than 80 characters, which might make it a bit difficult to read in some cases. Could we insert a newline here after repository. to make it easier to read on systems with small screens?
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I totally agree. I amended the PR with a multiline message. This makes it easier to read for both developers and end-users. However, I couldn't find an example of a multiline string in the project. If you prefer backticks, I can adjust it to that as well. Thank you for the warm welcome.
Increases line visibility for both programmers and end-users.
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| fmt.Println(tr.Tr.Get("Skipping object checkout, Git LFS is not installed.")) | |||
| fmt.Println(tr.Tr.Get("Skipping object checkout, Git LFS is not installed for this repository.\n" + | |||
| "Consider installing it with 'git lfs install'.")) | |||
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I think one of these lines has trailing whitespace, which is causing CI to fail.
While you're making that change, I think it will be easier for the code which extracts strings for translation if we leave it as one long string on one line, just with a newline in the middle.
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Easy. I amended the snippet to just one line with the newline character. Sorry it took three reviews for a one-line string. :)
Relate discussion in PR #5172. Simplifies string extraction. Passing local tests with `make test`.
Users could confuse the previous error message with a shell path issue, as though it could not resolve the installation of git-lfs. The proposed message in this commit offers additional insight by:
Relate issue #3048. Judging by the continued addition of upvotes, even after the issue has been closed, users are still running into this problem.
Passing local test through the use of
make test.