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[PATCH v4 18/19] pull --rebase: error on no merge candidate cases

From
Paul Tan <pyokagan@gmail.com>
Date
Jun 18, 2015, 10:54 UTC
Message-ID
<1434624852-6869-19-git-send-email-pyokagan@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
<1434624852-6869-1-git-send-email-pyokagan@gmail.com>

Tweak the error messages printed by die_no_merge_candidates() to take into account that we may be "rebasing against" rather than "merging with".

Signed-off-by: Paul Tan <pyokagan@gmail.com>
---
 builtin/pull.c | 15 ++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin/pull.c b/builtin/pull.c
index eb2a28f..421a34d 100644
--- a/builtin/pull.c
+++ b/builtin/pull.c
@@ -431,7 +431,10 @@ static void NORETURN die_no_merge_candidates(const char *repo, const char **refs
 	const char *remote = curr_branch ? curr_branch->remote_name : NULL;
 
 	if (*refspecs) {
-		fprintf_ln(stderr, _("There are no candidates for merging among the refs that you just fetched."));
+		if (opt_rebase)
+			fprintf_ln(stderr, _("There is no candidate for rebasing against among the refs that you just fetched."));
+		else
+			fprintf_ln(stderr, _("There are no candidates for merging among the refs that you just fetched."));
 		fprintf_ln(stderr, _("Generally this means that you provided a wildcard refspec which had no\n"
 					"matches on the remote end."));
 	} else if (repo && curr_branch && (!remote || strcmp(repo, remote))) {
@@ -441,7 +444,10 @@ static void NORETURN die_no_merge_candidates(const char *repo, const char **refs
 			repo);
 	} else if (!curr_branch) {
 		fprintf_ln(stderr, _("You are not currently on a branch."));
-		fprintf_ln(stderr, _("Please specify which branch you want to merge with."));
+		if (opt_rebase)
+			fprintf_ln(stderr, _("Please specify which branch you want to rebase against."));
+		else
+			fprintf_ln(stderr, _("Please specify which branch you want to merge with."));
 		fprintf_ln(stderr, _("See git-pull(1) for details."));
 		fprintf(stderr, "\n");
 		fprintf_ln(stderr, "    git pull <remote> <branch>");
@@ -453,7 +459,10 @@ static void NORETURN die_no_merge_candidates(const char *repo, const char **refs
 			remote_name = "<remote>";
 
 		fprintf_ln(stderr, _("There is no tracking information for the current branch."));
-		fprintf_ln(stderr, _("Please specify which branch you want to merge with."));
+		if (opt_rebase)
+			fprintf_ln(stderr, _("Please specify which branch you want to rebase against."));
+		else
+			fprintf_ln(stderr, _("Please specify which branch you want to merge with."));
 		fprintf_ln(stderr, _("See git-pull(1) for details."));
 		fprintf(stderr, "\n");
 		fprintf_ln(stderr, "    git pull <remote> <branch>");

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Message 19 of 22 in “Make git-pull a builtin”
  1. 00/19 Make git-pull a builtinPaul Tan, Jun 18, 2015
  2. 01/19 parse-options-cb: implement parse_opt_passthru()Paul Tan, Jun 18, 2015
  3. 02/19 parse-options-cb: implement parse_opt_passthru_argv()Paul Tan, Jun 18, 2015
  4. 03/19 argv-array: implement argv_array_pushv()Paul Tan, Jun 18, 2015
  5. 04/19 pull: implement skeletal builtin pullPaul Tan, Jun 18, 2015
  6. 05/19 pull: implement fetch + mergePaul Tan, Jun 18, 2015
  7. 06/19 pull: pass verbosity, --progress flags to fetch and mergePaul Tan, Jun 18, 2015
  8. 07/19 pull: pass git-merge's options to git-mergePaul Tan, Jun 18, 2015
  9. 08/19 pull: pass git-fetch's options to git-fetchPaul Tan, Jun 18, 2015
  10. 09/19 pull: error on no merge candidatesPaul Tan, Jun 18, 2015
  11. 10/19 pull: support pull.ff configPaul Tan, Jun 18, 2015
  12. 11/19 pull: check if in unresolved merge statePaul Tan, Jun 18, 2015
  13. 12/19 pull: fast-forward working tree if head is updatedPaul Tan, Jun 18, 2015
  14. 13/19 pull: implement pulling into an unborn branchPaul Tan, Jun 18, 2015
  15. 14/19 pull: set reflog messagePaul Tan, Jun 18, 2015
  16. 15/19 pull: teach git pull about --rebasePaul Tan, Jun 18, 2015
  17. 16/19 pull: configure --rebase via branch.<name>.rebase or pull.rebasePaul Tan, Jun 18, 2015
  18. 17/19 pull --rebase: exit early when the working directory is dirtyPaul Tan, Jun 18, 2015
  19. 18/19 pull --rebase: error on no merge candidate casesPaul Tan, Jun 18, 2015
  20. 19/19 pull: remove redirection to git-pull.shPaul Tan, Jun 18, 2015
  21. Junio C HamanoJun 18, 2015
  22. Paul TanJun 19, 2015

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