Make error message wording consistent (closes #165)
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Error messages in mfer/ and internal/cli/ are lowercase except names and
acronyms, carry no "failed to" or command-name prefix, and each wrap names
only the operation and thing the wrapped error does not already name, so a
stacked message names what failed once. Wraps around errors that already
name their operation and path (os and afero path errors, url.Error, the gpg
helpers' own errors) are dropped. runGPG appends gpg's stderr only when gpg
wrote some, so no message ends in a colon. errHTTPStatus reads "unexpected
HTTP status"; both inner-not-set sentinels read "inner message not set".
No sentinel, errors.Is result or exit status changes. Message tests pin the
new text through the real call sites.

Model: opus-5-5
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2026-10-07 13:49:31 +00:00
parent 4fe1ff2fe1
commit 98c916ef20
18 changed files with 214 additions and 173 deletions
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@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ func TestGenerateRefusesTwoFilesAtOnePath(t *testing.T) {
}, fs)
assert.Equal(t, 1, runCLI(opts))
assert.Contains(t, testStderr(t, opts),
`generate: failed to enumerate paths: duplicate path "a.txt": `+
`enumerate files: duplicate path "a.txt": `+
tc.first+"/a.txt and "+tc.second+"/a.txt")
exists, err := afero.Exists(fs, testOutput)
@@ -674,7 +674,7 @@ func TestCheckRequireSignatureRefusesOtherSigningKey(t *testing.T) {
}, fs)
assert.Equal(t, 1, runCLI(opts))
assert.Contains(t, testStderr(t, opts),
"failed to load manifest: signature verification failed: "+
"load manifest: "+
"embedded public key block must hold exactly one key, found 2")
}