{"thread":{"id":"29719","subject":"git-svn: Please improve confusing error message \"needs update\" (when actually commit is needed) in rebase","startedAt":"2012-02-24T09:55:22Z","lastAt":"2012-02-24T09:55:22Z","messageCount":1,"participants":["Jakub Holy"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"185323","messageId":"CAFXq=J4j=BGccJXL91UpnvESU2ijHP=4HQSS4J0R34zOU54gPw@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"29719","inReplyTo":"CAFXq=J7hoUtb06LBAPhrbdmtHB8FGWpmUoz2yF-UJz8G=_smPA@mail.gmail.com","subject":"git-svn: Please improve confusing error message \"needs update\" (when actually commit is needed) in rebase","fromName":"Jakub Holy","fromEmail":"jakub.holy@iterate.no","sentAt":"2012-02-24T09:55:22Z","receivedAt":"2012-02-24T09:55:22Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"jakub.holy@iterate.no","avatar":null},"body":"Hi,\n\nI hope this is the right way to submit this enhancement request.\n\nWhen I run rebase with uncommited local changes, I get rather unclear error\nmessage:\n$ git svn rebase -v\nmymodule/src/main/java/example/MyModifiedFile.java: needs update\nrights-lib/src/main/java/example/AnotherModifiedFile.java: needs update\nupdate-index --refresh: command returned error: 1\n\nIf the message was something like \"You have uncommited changes in your\nworkspace, commit them before running rebase.\" (followed by a list of the\nfiles) it would be much easier for newcomers like me to understand what has\nto be done.\n\nI tried to understand what has to be changed in the code but it exceeds my\nlow level of knowledge :-(\n\nThank you!\n\nBest regards, Jakub Holy\n--\nJakub Holy\nSolutions Engineer | +47 966 23 666\nIterate AS | www.iterate.no\nThe Lean Software Development Consultancy\n\n\n\n\n--\nJakub Holy\nSolutions Engineer | +47 966 23 666\nIterate AS | www.iterate.no\nThe Lean Software Development Consultancy\n"}]}