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authorMatthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr>2009-04-08 09:24:03 +0200
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2009-04-08 00:39:51 -0700
commit61e6108d94353d932d397e4be498c7e5293723eb (patch)
treef55fea43626c65cf5e3d041349b3602cffe646ea /git-pull.sh
parent747f9d30ed706ebd930ef888971fff5638334831 (diff)
downloadgit-61e6108d94353d932d397e4be498c7e5293723eb.tar.gz
git-pull.sh: better warning message for "git pull" on detached head.
Otherwise, git complains about not finding a branch to pull from in 'branch..merge', which is hardly understandable. While we're there, reword the sentences slightly. Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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-rwxr-xr-xgit-pull.sh42
1 files changed, 25 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/git-pull.sh b/git-pull.sh
index 25adddfddf..c892059605 100755
--- a/git-pull.sh
+++ b/git-pull.sh
@@ -90,23 +90,31 @@ error_on_no_merge_candidates () {
curr_branch=${curr_branch#refs/heads/}
- echo "You asked me to pull without telling me which branch you"
- echo "want to merge with, and 'branch.${curr_branch}.merge' in"
- echo "your configuration file does not tell me either. Please"
- echo "name which branch you want to merge on the command line and"
- echo "try again (e.g. 'git pull <repository> <refspec>')."
- echo "See git-pull(1) for details on the refspec."
- echo
- echo "If you often merge with the same branch, you may want to"
- echo "configure the following variables in your configuration"
- echo "file:"
- echo
- echo " branch.${curr_branch}.remote = <nickname>"
- echo " branch.${curr_branch}.merge = <remote-ref>"
- echo " remote.<nickname>.url = <url>"
- echo " remote.<nickname>.fetch = <refspec>"
- echo
- echo "See git-config(1) for details."
+ if [ -z "$curr_branch" ]; then
+ echo "You are not currently on a branch, so I cannot use any"
+ echo "'branch.<branchname>.merge' in your configuration file."
+ echo "Please specify which branch you want to merge on the command"
+ echo "line and try again (e.g. 'git pull <repository> <refspec>')."
+ echo "See git-pull(1) for details."
+ else
+ echo "You asked me to pull without telling me which branch you"
+ echo "want to merge with, and 'branch.${curr_branch}.merge' in"
+ echo "your configuration file does not tell me either. Please"
+ echo "specify which branch you want to merge on the command line and"
+ echo "try again (e.g. 'git pull <repository> <refspec>')."
+ echo "See git-pull(1) for details."
+ echo
+ echo "If you often merge with the same branch, you may want to"
+ echo "configure the following variables in your configuration"
+ echo "file:"
+ echo
+ echo " branch.${curr_branch}.remote = <nickname>"
+ echo " branch.${curr_branch}.merge = <remote-ref>"
+ echo " remote.<nickname>.url = <url>"
+ echo " remote.<nickname>.fetch = <refspec>"
+ echo
+ echo "See git-config(1) for details."
+ fi
exit 1
}