Re: [RFC/PATCH] Make git-{pull,rebase} no-tracking message friendlier

From: Matthieu Moy <matthieu.moy@grenoble-inp.fr>
Date: Feb 27, 2012, 22:06 UTC
Message-ID: <vpq399wc4ns.fsf@bauges.imag.fr>
In-Reply-To: <1330013115-26355-1-git-send-email-cmn@elego.de>

Carlos Martín Nieto <cmn@elego.de> writes:

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> -		echo "You asked me to $cmd without telling me which branch you
> -want to $op_type $op_prep, and 'branch.${branch_name#refs/heads/}.merge' in
> -your configuration file does not tell me, either. Please
> -specify which branch you want to use on the command line and
> +		echo "You asked me to $cmd without telling me which branch you want to
> +$op_type $op_prep, and there is no tracking information for the current branch.
> +Please specify which branch you want to use on the command line and
>  try again (e.g. '$example').

At this point, it may be better to actually give the full command instead of just this "(e.g. '$example')", i.e. stg like

  git $op_type <remote> $example

I also saw users confused by the message (indeed without reading it, but ...). Giving them something as close as possible to cut-and-paste-able command should help.

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Matthieu Moy
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