From: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:47:22 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: pkt-line: Make packet_read_line easier to debug
X-Git-Tag: v1.6.6-rc0~22^2~34
X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=743c4b7b0fa5422d1bb5dc59c6cb919a881dd98b;p=git.git

pkt-line: Make packet_read_line easier to debug

When there is an error parsing the 4 byte length component we now
display it as part of the die message, this may hint as to what
data was misunderstood by the application.

Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
---

diff --git a/pkt-line.c b/pkt-line.c
index bd603f872..295ba2b16 100644
--- a/pkt-line.c
+++ b/pkt-line.c
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ int packet_read_line(int fd, char *buffer, unsigned size)
 	safe_read(fd, linelen, 4);
 	len = packet_length(linelen);
 	if (len < 0)
-		die("protocol error: bad line length character");
+		die("protocol error: bad line length character: %.4s", linelen);
 	if (!len)
 		return 0;
 	len -= 4;