Bug 242553 - Confusing error message while running git-webkit setup
Summary: Confusing error message while running git-webkit setup
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: WebKit
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Tools / Tests (show other bugs)
Version: WebKit Nightly Build
Hardware: Unspecified Unspecified
: P2 Normal
Assignee: Jonathan Bedard
URL:
Keywords: InRadar
Depends on:
Blocks: 239082
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Reported: 2022-07-09 05:50 PDT by Aakash Jain
Modified: 2022-07-21 10:35 PDT (History)
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Description Aakash Jain 2022-07-09 05:50:06 PDT 
[bash]$git-webkit setup
...
You are not a member of *****
Created "apple" fork will not be accessible to other contributors
Failed to grant 'of *****' access to 'of *****'
Other contributors do not have access to 'of *****'
Create a private fork of 'WebKit-security' belonging to '***' ([Yes]/No):

Above error message, especially 'you are not a member of' might be confusing to users. It should be actionable.
Comment 1 Radar WebKit Bug Importer 2022-07-16 05:51:14 PDT 
<rdar://problem/97121194>
Comment 2 Jonathan Bedard 2022-07-21 10:35:21 PDT 
I think the honest answer to this one is "won't fix". It's a pretty niche situation that occurs when one is granted access to a repository but not the group which owns the repository.