From 2b4ddbbf47320bb9a0b01a74c1ec1d30687d79ee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eelco Dolstra <edolstra@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2025 22:56:14 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Make Git error messages more consistent

(cherry picked from commit f15681df26bbbf246c226530d1ab814a172a7e87)
---
 src/libfetchers/git.cc | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/libfetchers/git.cc b/src/libfetchers/git.cc
index 6b82d9ae3..6f6fdd3a3 100644
--- a/src/libfetchers/git.cc
+++ b/src/libfetchers/git.cc
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ struct GitInputScheme : InputScheme
         return [repoPath{std::move(repoPath)}](const CanonPath & path) -> RestrictedPathError {
             if (nix::pathExists(repoPath / path.rel()))
                 return RestrictedPathError(
-                    "File '%1%' in the repository %2% is not tracked by Git.\n"
+                    "Path '%1%' in the repository %2% is not tracked by Git.\n"
                     "\n"
                     "To make it visible to Nix, run:\n"
                     "\n"
@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ struct GitInputScheme : InputScheme
                     path.rel(),
                     repoPath);
             else
-                return RestrictedPathError("path '%s' does not exist in Git repository %s", path, repoPath);
+                return RestrictedPathError("Path '%s' does not exist in Git repository %s.", path.rel(), repoPath);
         };
     }