darcs

Issue 537 misleading error (--last requires an integer argument)

Title misleading error (--last requires an integer argument)
Priority bug Status resolved
Milestone Resolved in
Superseder Nosy List darcs-devel, dmitry.kurochkin, kowey, thorkilnaur, tommy, trentbuck
Assigned To
Topics ProbablyEasy

Created on 2007-09-18.14:31:47 by trentbuck, last changed 2009-08-27.14:12:00 by admin.

Messages
msg2131 (view) Author: twb Date: 2007-09-18.14:31:46
By accident, I typed an extra hyphen/minus:

    $ darcs cha --last=-2
    darcs: --last requires an integer argument.

This is misleading.  It should say "natural number" or "non-negative
integer" or similar -- "-2" is certainly an integer!
msg2144 (view) Author: kowey Date: 2007-09-23.23:08:22
Fixed in unstable with:
Tue Sep 18 20:39:51 CEST 2007  Eric Kow <eric.kow@gmail.com>
  * [issue537] Clarify error message for --last.

The new error message is '--last requires a positive integer argument'
History
Date User Action Args
2007-09-18 14:31:48trentbuckcreate
2007-09-21 17:04:26droundysettopic: + ProbablyEasy
2007-09-23 23:08:24koweysetstatus: unread -> resolved-in-unstable
messages: + msg2144
title: misleading error -> misleading error (--last requires an integer argument)
2007-11-17 11:12:24koweysetstatus: resolved-in-unstable -> resolved-in-stable
2008-09-16 21:31:16adminsetstatus: resolved-in-stable -> resolved
nosy: + dagit
2009-08-06 17:46:14adminsetnosy: + markstos, jast, Serware, dmitry.kurochkin, darcs-devel, zooko, mornfall, simon, thorkilnaur, - droundy, trentbuck
2009-08-06 20:41:59adminsetnosy: - beschmi
2009-08-10 22:08:28adminsetnosy: + trentbuck, - markstos, darcs-devel, zooko, jast, Serware, mornfall
2009-08-11 00:02:22adminsetnosy: - dagit
2009-08-25 17:58:01adminsetnosy: + darcs-devel, - simon
2009-08-27 14:12:00adminsetnosy: tommy, kowey, darcs-devel, trentbuck, thorkilnaur, dmitry.kurochkin