[RFC/PATCH] Make git-{pull,rebase} no-tracking message friendlier
- From
Carlos Martín Nieto <cmn@elego.de>
- Date
- Feb 23, 2012, 16:05 UTC
- Message-ID
- <1330013115-26355-1-git-send-email-cmn@elego.de>
The current message is too long and at too low a level for anybody to understand it if they don't know about the configuration format already.
Reformat it to show the commands a user would be expected to use, instead of the contents of the configuration file. ---
As annoying as it is when people simply paste the output of 'git pull' and ask "what does it mean" without even reading it, I have to admit that as a new user, I'd also be scared off by this message. Using git-remote and git-branch should make it less scary and more relatable for the user. I'm not aware of a way to set branch.$branch.rebase with porcelain, so I put in a config command there. Better solutions/wordings welcome; I'd really like to get rid of the old message.
git-parse-remote.sh | 23 ++++++++--------------- 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
diff --git a/git-parse-remote.sh b/git-parse-remote.sh index b24119d..96e76a9 100644 --- a/git-parse-remote.sh +++ b/git-parse-remote.sh @@ -65,26 +65,19 @@ Please specify which branch you want to $op_type $op_prep on the command line and try again (e.g. '$example'). See git-${cmd}(1) for details." else - echo "You asked me to $cmd without telling me which branch you -want to $op_type $op_prep, and 'branch.${branch_name#refs/heads/}.merge' in -your configuration file does not tell me, either. Please -specify which branch you want to use on the command line and + echo "You asked me to $cmd without telling me which branch you want to +$op_type $op_prep, and there is no tracking information for the current branch. +Please specify which branch you want to use on the command line and try again (e.g. '$example'). See git-${cmd}(1) for details. If you often $op_type $op_prep the same branch, you may want to -use something like the following in your configuration file: - [branch \"${branch_name#refs/heads/}\"] - remote = <nickname> - merge = <remote-ref>" - test rebase = "$op_type" && - echo " rebase = true" - echo " - [remote \"<nickname>\"] - url = <url> - fetch = <refspec> +run something like: -See git-config(1) for details." + git remote add <remote> <url> + git branch --set-upstream ${branch_name#refs/heads/} <remote>/<remote-branch>" + test rebase = "$op_type" && + echo " git config branch.${branch_name#refs/heads/}.rebase true" fi exit 1 }
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