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Diffstat (limited to 'branch.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | branch.c | 19 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 2 deletions
@@ -200,7 +200,16 @@ int validate_new_branchname(const char *name, struct strbuf *ref, static const char upstream_not_branch[] = N_("Cannot setup tracking information; starting point '%s' is not a branch."); static const char upstream_missing[] = -N_("Cannot setup tracking information; starting point '%s' does not exist"); +N_("the requested upstream branch '%s' does not exist"); +static const char upstream_advice[] = +N_("\n" +"If you are planning on basing your work on an upstream\n" +"branch that already exists at the remote, you may need to\n" +"run \"git fetch\" to retrieve it.\n" +"\n" +"If you are planning to push out a new local branch that\n" +"will track its remote counterpart, you may want to use\n" +"\"git push -u\" to set the upstream config as you push."); void create_branch(const char *head, const char *name, const char *start_name, @@ -230,8 +239,14 @@ void create_branch(const char *head, real_ref = NULL; if (get_sha1(start_name, sha1)) { - if (explicit_tracking) + if (explicit_tracking) { + if (advice_set_upstream_failure) { + error(_(upstream_missing), start_name); + advise(_(upstream_advice)); + exit(1); + } die(_(upstream_missing), start_name); + } die("Not a valid object name: '%s'.", start_name); } |