t9300: factor out portable "head -c" replacement

diff --git a/lockfile.c b/lockfile.c
index 80d056d2ede0a5279c0b5c05c35b46336f564533..9268cdf325f3881104d6d12ef31639536b15dcb2 100644 (file)
--- a/lockfile.c
+++ b/lockfile.c
@@ -149,13 +149,15 @@ static int lock_file_timeout(struct lock_file *lk, const char *path,
 void unable_to_lock_message(const char *path, int err, struct strbuf *buf)
 {
        if (err == EEXIST) {
-               strbuf_addf(buf, "Unable to create '%s.lock': %s.\n\n"
-                   "If no other git process is currently running, this probably means a\n"
-                   "git process crashed in this repository earlier. Make sure no other git\n"
-                   "process is running and remove the file manually to continue.",
+               strbuf_addf(buf, _("Unable to create '%s.lock': %s.\n\n"
+                   "Another git process seems to be running in this repository, e.g.\n"
+                   "an editor opened by 'git commit'. Please make sure all processes\n"
+                   "are terminated then try again. If it still fails, a git process\n"
+                   "may have crashed in this repository earlier:\n"
+                   "remove the file manually to continue."),
                            absolute_path(path), strerror(err));
        } else
-               strbuf_addf(buf, "Unable to create '%s.lock': %s",
+               strbuf_addf(buf, _("Unable to create '%s.lock': %s"),
                            absolute_path(path), strerror(err));
 }