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Error message should be reworked #110570

Answered by jsoref
jsoref asked this question in Mobile
Mar 1, 2024 · 1 comments · 2 replies
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Hmmm. Possibly:

-Could not resolve to an issue or pull request with the number of 67.
+Could not find a pull request or issue numbered 67.

(It isn't great, but I think it's better than the current text.)

Notes:

  • resolve is an unnecessarily technical term -- replacing it with find feels like a definite improvement
  • I can't quite explain why I reordered pull request before issue -- in this case, in 99% certain the URL was a /pull/
  • replacing with the number of with numbered feels much better

In this case, the repository has 0 issues/pull requests.

Note that "Try again" is unlikely to work in such cases.

Having easy access to the URL in question would be more useful in such cases than a try a…

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