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[StGIT PATCH 6/6] Better error message if merge fails

From
Karl Hasselström <kha@treskal.com>
Date
Aug 26, 2007, 20:43 UTC
Message-ID
<20070826204305.16700.16459.stgit@yoghurt>
In-Reply-To
<20070826203745.16700.5655.stgit@yoghurt>

This message is no longer printed in case of conflicts, just in case the merge really failed; so don't talk about conflicts in the error message.

Signed-off-by: Karl Hasselström <kha@treskal.com>
---
 stgit/stack.py |    3 +--
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/stgit/stack.py b/stgit/stack.py
index d2ca0e2..080231f 100644
--- a/stgit/stack.py
+++ b/stgit/stack.py
@@ -1079,8 +1079,7 @@ class Series(PatchSet):
                     ex.list()
                 except git.GitException, ex:
                     out.error('The merge failed during "push".',
-                              'Use "refresh" after fixing the conflicts or'
-                              ' revert the operation with "push --undo".')
+                              'Revert the operation with "push --undo".')
 
         append_string(self.__applied_file, name)
 
Previous: Karl Hasselström
Message 7 of 7 in “David's conflict series using my subprocess stuff”
  1. 0/6 David's conflict series using my subprocess stuffKarl Hasselström, Aug 26, 2007
  2. 1/6 Split git.merge into two functionsKarl Hasselström, Aug 26, 2007
  3. 2/6 Leave working dir and index alone after failed (conflicting) pushKarl Hasselström, Aug 26, 2007
  4. 3/6 Added a test case to check what happens when push finds a conflictKarl Hasselström, Aug 26, 2007
  5. 4/6 Simplify merge_recursiveKarl Hasselström, Aug 26, 2007
  6. 5/6 Use the output from merge-recursive to list conflictsKarl Hasselström, Aug 26, 2007
  7. 6/6 Better error message if merge failsKarl Hasselström, Aug 26, 2007

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