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Re: Unclear error message in "git remote update"

From
Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Mar 9, 2008, 20:52 UTC
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<alpine.LSU.1.00.0803092152150.3975@racer.site>
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<2008-03-09-13-37-55+trackit+sam@rfc1149.net>
Hi,
On Sun, 9 Mar 2008, Samuel Tardieu wrote:
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> One of my colleague seems to have destroyed one of its head in his
> private repository. When fetching from it through "git remote update"
> using next, the repository name is not output:
> 
> % git remote update
> error: refs/heads/2.0-uobjects points nowhere!
> 
> Using master, I get:
> 
> % git remote update
> Updating core
> Updating matthieu
> error: refs/heads/2.0-uobjects points nowhere!
> Updating origin
> 
> which is IMO much clearer. Also, I like seeing what remote repository
> it is updating from in case anything gets stuck or slow.
> 
> Any objection to reinstating the message as does the following patch?
None from me.

Thanks, Dscho

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  1. Samuel TardieuMar 9, 2008
  2. Johannes SchindelinMar 9, 2008
  3. Junio C HamanoMar 12, 2008

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