From 743c4b7b0fa5422d1bb5dc59c6cb919a881dd98b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Shawn O. Pearce" <spearce@spearce.org>
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:47:22 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] 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>
---
 pkt-line.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/pkt-line.c b/pkt-line.c
index bd603f8721..295ba2b16c 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;