CONTRIBUTING
author Arseniy Alekseyev <aalekseyev@janestreet.com>
Wed, 31 May 2023 19:00:11 +0100
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dirstate: better error messages when dirstate is corrupted The current error message "Overflow in dirstate" sounds confusing because it suggests either a certain size limit that's being exceeded, or integer arithmetic overflowing. The reality is just a file being shorter than expected.
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