Re: [PATCH 2/4] push: teach --base for ssh:// and file://

>> +	# Server does not have "six".
>> +	test_must_fail git -C file_child -c protocol.version=0 \
>> +		push --base=an_invalid_object origin HEAD:client_branch_six 2>log &&
>> +	grep "is not a valid object" log
>
> This should rather use 'test_i18ngrep' ...
>
>> +'
>> +
>> +test_expect_success 'push with --base that does not exist on server' '
>> +	COMMON_HASH=$(git -C file_child rev-parse six) &&
>> +
>> +	# The push still succeeds.
>> +	GIT_TRACE_PACKET=1 git -C file_child -c protocol.version=0 \
>> +		push --base=six origin HEAD:client_branch_six 2>log &&
>> +
>> +	# Server did not advertise "six", since it does not know it
>> +	! grep "$COMMON_HASH .have" log
>> +'
>> +
>>  # Test protocol v1 with 'ssh://' transport
>>  #
>>  test_expect_success 'setup ssh wrapper' '
>
>
>> diff --git a/transport.c b/transport.c
>> index ffe2115845..531ca0a834 100644
>> --- a/transport.c
>> +++ b/transport.c
>> @@ -236,6 +236,10 @@ static int set_git_option(struct git_transport_options *opts,
>>  		list_objects_filter_die_if_populated(&opts->filter_options);
>>  		parse_list_objects_filter(&opts->filter_options, value);
>>  		return 0;
>> +	} else if (!strcmp(name, TRANS_OPT_PUSH_BASE)) {
>> +		if (get_oid(value, &opts->push_base))
>> +			die(_("transport: '%s' is not a valid object"), value);
>
> ... because the error message here is translated.
>
>> +		return 0;
>>  	}
>>  	return 1;
>>  }