From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Tue, 06 Oct 2026 18:20:56 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] status: suggest `git merge --continue`, not `git commit`
Message-ID: <xmqq5wzeelmf.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <pull.2249.git.1791291762665.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

"Julia Evans via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> writes:

[Administrivia]

As you have

    cc: D. Ben Knoble" ben.knoble@gmail.com

at the end of your pull request that you gave to GitGitGadget, you
ended up with a bogus Cc: address that reads

    "D. Ben Knoble <ben.knoble"@gmail.com>

you may want to help improving GGG by raising an issue to reject (or
ignore) such a malformed address.

[end of administrivia]

> diff --git a/t/t7060-wtstatus.sh b/t/t7060-wtstatus.sh
> index 942ddbbf0e..a9b435b5e3 100755
> --- a/t/t7060-wtstatus.sh
> +++ b/t/t7060-wtstatus.sh
> @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ test_expect_success 'M/D conflict does not segfault' '
>  	cat >expect <<EOF &&
>  On branch side
>  You have unmerged paths.
> -  (fix conflicts and run "git commit")
> +  (fix conflicts and run "git merge --continue")
>    (use "git merge --abort" to abort the merge)

This message comes from show_merge_in_progress(), which is called
only when the code is convinced that it is seeing an unmerged
index due to a conflicted git merge.  We can therefore make this
message as merge-specific as we want.  The suggestion to use
'git merge --abort' already does this.

> diff --git a/wt-status.c b/wt-status.c
> index 57772c7501..f7b0dc29d5 100644
> --- a/wt-status.c
> +++ b/wt-status.c
> @@ -1273,7 +1273,7 @@ static void show_merge_in_progress(struct wt_status *s,
>  		status_printf_ln(s, color, _("You have unmerged paths."));
>  		if (s->hints) {
>  			status_printf_ln(s, color,
> -					 _("  (fix conflicts and run \"git commit\")"));
> +					 _("  (fix conflicts and run \"git merge --continue\")"));
>  			status_printf_ln(s, color,
>  					 _("  (use \"git merge --abort\" to abort the merge)"));
>  		}
> @@ -1282,7 +1282,7 @@ static void show_merge_in_progress(struct wt_status *s,
>  			_("All conflicts fixed but you are still merging."));
>  		if (s->hints)
>  			status_printf_ln(s, color,
> -				_("  (use \"git commit\" to conclude merge)"));
> +				_("  (use \"git merge --continue\" to conclude merge)"));
>  	}
>  	wt_longstatus_print_trailer(s);
>  }

We could tighten "You have unmerged paths." even further to indicate
that these paths came from a conflicted 'git merge'.  In the same
file, show_cherry_pick_in_progress() and show_revert_in_progress()
already provide instructions very specific to these commands.  Since
the message for 'git merge' is the oldest, it is not surprising that
we did not update it when 'git merge --continue', the instructions
for cherry-pick and revert, or 'git merge --abort' instruction were
added to the system.  This commit moves us belatedly in the right
direction, and as always, it is better late than never.

The changes look good.  Thanks.