(address . bug-guix@gnu.org)
20180305212912.625ecf29@alma-ubu
Guix pull has the wrong error message when the commit-id for the
"--commit" parameter is too short:
$>guix pull --commit=d20647722ad36024a3a0b6e1e75c1ba49b9f61d
Updating from Git repository at
'https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git'...guix pull: error: Git
error: unable to parse OID - contains invalid characters
Instead of that error-message it should complain that the OID is too
short.
Even better, it should just accept a shortened OID and use it, as long
as it is unique.
Note: When there really is a wrong character used, this error message
is also correctly shown:
$>guix pull --commit=d20647722ad36024a3a0b6e1e75c1ba49b9f61dz
Updating from Git repository at 'https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git'...
guix pull: error: Git error: unable to parse OID - contains invalid characters
Note: If the OID is long enough and well-formed, but just non-existent,
the error message is adequately correct:
$> guix pull --commit=d20647722ad36024a3a0b6e1e75c1ba49b9f61dd
Updating from Git repository at
'https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git'...guix pull: error: Git
error: object not found - no match for id
(d20647722ad36024a3a0b6e1e75c1ba49b9f61dd)
Björn
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