libgit2 / libgit2/libgit2sharp
Error messages are not user friendly
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Description
Error messages are not user friendly. Example shown below
Reproduction steps
1- On Entering wrong access token it shows, "too many redirects or authentication replays"
2- Checking out to another branch when file similar name is not committed. We see the error, "1 conflict prevents checkout", this is not clear because in this case we don't see any conflicts occurring.
Expected behavior
Actual behavior
Version of LibGit2Sharp (release number or SHA1)
0.27.0-preview-0158
Operating system(s) tested; .NET runtime tested
OS: Windows 10
.NET runtime: .NET 6.0
Contributor guide
First steps
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reproducing both reported cases on libgit2sharp 0.27.0-preview-0158 with Windows 10 and .NET 6.0: the wrong access token and checkout with an uncommitted similarly named file. Trace where each error message is produced, then define clearer wording for both cases and verify the resulting behavior.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- csharp, git
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100