Now the error message from github api also shows details, like in the following example (which might occur sometimes):
*** SoC: BCM2711
ERROR:
Couldn't download https://api.github.com/repos/RPi-Distro/rpi-source/git/refs/heads/master, HTTPError: 403
{
"documentation_url": "https://developer.github.com/v3/#rate-limiting",
"message": "API rate limit exceeded for 80.116.12.179. (But here's the good news: Authenticated requests get a higher rate limit. Check out the documentation for more details.)"
}
Help: https://github.com/RPi-Distro/rpi-source/blob/master/README.md
Improved error message
Now the error message from github api also shows details, like in the following example (which might occur sometimes):