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[PATCH 0/2] advice: add diverging advice

From
Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
Date
Mar 8, 2023, 02:48 UTC
Message-ID
<20230308024834.1562386-1-felipe.contreras@gmail.com>

Not all our users are experts in git who understand their configurations perfectly, some might be stuck in a simple error:

  Not possible to fast-forward, aborting.
That's not very friendly.

Let's add a bit more advice in case the user doesn't know what's going on.

Felipe Contreras (2):
  advice: add diverging advice for novices
  advice: make diverging advice configurable
 Documentation/config/advice.txt | 2 ++
 advice.c                        | 9 +++++++++
 advice.h                        | 1 +
 3 files changed, 12 insertions(+)
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2.39.2
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  1. 0/2 advice: add diverging adviceFelipe Contreras, Mar 8, 2023
  2. 1/2 advice: add diverging advice for novicesFelipe Contreras, Mar 8, 2023
  3. Junio C HamanoMar 8, 2023
  4. 2/2 advice: make diverging advice configurableFelipe Contreras, Mar 8, 2023
  5. Taylor BlauMar 8, 2023
  6. Junio C HamanoMar 8, 2023
  7. Junio C HamanoMar 9, 2023

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