[PATCH v2 2/2] push: advise about force-pushing as an alternative to reconciliation

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Alex Henrie <alexhenrie24@gmail.com>

Date

Jul 4, 2023, 19:47 UTC

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<20230704194756.166111-3-alexhenrie24@gmail.com>

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<20230704194756.166111-1-alexhenrie24@gmail.com>

Signed-off-by: Alex Henrie <alexhenrie24@gmail.com>
---
 builtin/push.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/builtin/push.c b/builtin/push.c
index 6f8a8dc711..8e70046304 100644
--- a/builtin/push.c
+++ b/builtin/push.c
@@ -301,21 +301,25 @@ static void setup_default_push_refspecs(int *flags, struct remote *remote)
 
 static const char message_advice_pull_before_push[] =
 	N_("Updates were rejected because the tip of your current branch is behind\n"
-	   "its remote counterpart. Integrate the remote changes (e.g.\n"
-	   "'git pull ...') before pushing again.\n"
+	   "its remote counterpart. Use 'git pull' to integrate the remote changes\n"
+	   "before pushing again, or use 'git push --force-with-lease' to delete the\n"
+	   "remote changes and replace them with your own.\n"
 	   "See the 'Note about fast-forwards' in 'git push --help' for details.");
 
 static const char message_advice_checkout_pull_push[] =
 	N_("Updates were rejected because a pushed branch tip is behind its remote\n"
-	   "counterpart. Check out this branch and integrate the remote changes\n"
-	   "(e.g. 'git pull ...') before pushing again.\n"
+	   "counterpart. Check out this branch and use 'git pull' to integrate the\n"
+	   "remote changes before pushing again, or use\n"
+	   "'git push --force-with-lease' to delete the remote changes and replace\n"
+	   "them with your own.\n"
 	   "See the 'Note about fast-forwards' in 'git push --help' for details.");
 
 static const char message_advice_ref_fetch_first[] =
-	N_("Updates were rejected because the remote contains work that you do\n"
-	   "not have locally. This is usually caused by another repository pushing\n"
-	   "to the same ref. You may want to first integrate the remote changes\n"
-	   "(e.g., 'git pull ...') before pushing again.\n"
+	N_("Updates were rejected because the remote contains work that you do not\n"
+	   "have locally. This is usually caused by another repository pushing to\n"
+	   "the same ref. Use 'git pull' to integrate the remote changes before\n"
+	   "pushing again, or use 'git push --force-with-lease' to delete the\n"
+	   "remote changes and replace them with your own.\n"
 	   "See the 'Note about fast-forwards' in 'git push --help' for details.");
 
 static const char message_advice_ref_already_exists[] =
@@ -327,10 +331,11 @@ static const char message_advice_ref_needs_force[] =
 	   "without using the '--force' option.\n");
 
 static const char message_advice_ref_needs_update[] =
-	N_("Updates were rejected because the tip of the remote-tracking\n"
-	   "branch has been updated since the last checkout. You may want\n"
-	   "to integrate those changes locally (e.g., 'git pull ...')\n"
-	   "before forcing an update.\n");
+	N_("Updates were rejected because the tip of the remote-tracking branch has\n"
+	   "been updated since the last checkout. Use 'git pull' to integrate the\n"
+	   "remote changes before pushing again, or use\n"
+	   "'git push --force-with-lease' to delete the remote changes and replace\n"
+	   "them with your own.\n");
 
 static void advise_pull_before_push(void)
 {

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