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> On Tue, Nov 22 2022, Jacob Abel wrote:
>
> > On 22/11/22 12:16AM, Eric Sunshine wrote:
> >> On Sat, Nov 19, 2022 at 6:49 AM Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
> >> <avarab@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > On Sat, Nov 19 2022, Jacob Abel wrote:
> >> > > I'd support adding an `advise()` for at least the basic case where you try to
> >> > > create a worktree and no branches currently exist in the repository.
> >> > > i.e. something like this:
> >> > >
> >> > > % git -C foo.git worktree add foobar/
> >> > > hint: If you meant to create a new initial branch for this repository,
> >> > > hint: e.g. 'main', you can do so using the --orphan option:
> >> > > hint:
> >> > > hint: git worktree add --orphan main main/
> >> > > hint:
> >> > > fatal: invalid reference: 'foobar'
> >> > > and
> >> > > % git -C foo.git worktree add -b foobar foobardir/
> >> > > hint: If you meant to create a new initial branch for this repository,
> >> > > hint: e.g. 'main', you can do so using the --orphan option:
> >> > > hint:
> >> > > hint: git worktree add --orphan main main/
> >> > > hint:
> >> > > fatal: invalid reference: 'foobar'
> >> >
> >> > I think those would make sense, yes.
> >>
> >> Yes, this sort of advice could go a long way toward addressing my
> >> discoverability concerns. (I think, too, we should be able to
> >> dynamically customize the advice to mention "foobar" rather than
> >> "main" in order to more directly help the user.) Along with that,
> >> explaining this use-case in the git-worktree documentation would also
> >> be valuable for improving discoverability.
> >
> > Perfect. I think I've got this working already on my end using more or less
> > the following:
> >
> > diff --git a/builtin/worktree.c b/builtin/worktree.c
> > index 71786b72f6..f65b63d9d2 100644
> > --- a/builtin/worktree.c
> > +++ b/builtin/worktree.c
> > @@ -736,7 +736,21 @@ static int add(int ac, const char **av, const char *prefix)
> > if (!opts.quiet)
> > print_preparing_worktree_line(opts.detach, branch, new_branch, !!new_branch_force);
> >
> > - if (new_branch && !opts.orphan_branch) {
> > + if (opts.orphan_branch) {
> > + branch = new_branch;
> > + } else if (!lookup_commit_reference_by_name("head")) {
> > + /*
> > + * if head does not reference a valid commit, only worktrees
> > + * based on orphan branches can be created.
> > + */
> > + advise("if you meant to create a new orphan branch for this repository,\n"
> > + "e.g. '%s', you can do so using the --orphan option:\n"
> > + "\n"
> > + " git worktree add --orphan %s %s\n"
> > + "\n",
> > + new_branch, new_branch, path);
>
> We don't consistently check for this, unfortunately (but I have some
> local patches for it), but to add an advice you should:
>
> * Add it to Documentation/config/advice.txt (in sorted order)
> * Add the corresponding enum to advice.h
> * And to the advice.c listing
> * Then use advise_if_enabled(<that new enum>, ...) in cases such as this one.
> * End your message with a suggstion about how to disable the advice:
> git grep -W -F 'git config advice.' -- '*.c'
>
> That's rather tedious, sorry, but that's the extent of the current
> boilerplate...Jacob Abel <jacobabel@nullpo.dev>