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Re: [PATCH] push: error out when the "upstream" semantics does not make sense

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Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date
Apr 5, 2012, 19:58 UTC
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<20120405195832.GA6885@burratino>
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Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> writes:
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>> Maybe something like
>>
>> 		die(_(
>> "You are pushing to remote '%s', which is not the upstream of your\n"
>> "current branch '%s', without specifying a refspec.\n"),
>> 		    remote->name, branch->name);
>>
>> would be harder to misunderstand.
>
> Perhaps.  Do we need to rephrase it without using the word 'refspec'
> (e.g. "without telling me what to push"), or there is no point avoiding
> jargon because other jargons (i.e. 'remote' and 'upstream') already appear
> in the sentence?
"without telling me what to push" sounds good.
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  1. Junio C HamanoApr 4, 2012
  2. Jeff KingApr 5, 2012
  3. push: error out when the "upstream" semantics does not make senseJunio C Hamano, Apr 5, 2012
  4. Jonathan NiederApr 5, 2012
  5. Junio C HamanoApr 5, 2012
  6. Jonathan NiederApr 5, 2012
  7. Junio C HamanoApr 5, 2012
  8. Jonathan NiederApr 5, 2012
  9. Matthieu MoyApr 5, 2012
  10. Junio C HamanoApr 5, 2012
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