From: Theodore Ts'o Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2007 16:05:03 GMT Subject: [PATCH] Print a sane error message if an alias expands to an invalid git command Message-ID: <11711235041527-git-send-email-tytso@mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <1171123504783-git-send-email-tytso@mit.edu> Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" --- git.c | 9 ++++++++- 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/git.c b/git.c index 82a8357..c43d4ff 100644 --- a/git.c +++ b/git.c @@ -387,8 +387,15 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv, char **envp) done_alias = 1; } - if (errno == ENOENT) + if (errno == ENOENT) { + if (done_alias) { + fprintf(stderr, "Expansion of alias '%s' failed; " + "'%s' is not a git-command\n", + cmd, argv[0]); + exit(1); + } help_unknown_cmd(cmd); + } fprintf(stderr, "Failed to run command '%s': %s\n", cmd, strerror(errno)); -- 1.5.0.rc4