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Git fetcher: Improve error message for untracked files#12870

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mergify[bot] merged 3 commits intoNixOS:masterNixOS/nix:masterfrom

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Git fetcher: Improve error message for untracked files#12870
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Improve and fix the error message when a file is not tracked by Git

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Tweak error message
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Make Git error messages more consistent
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