[PATCH] helpful error message when send-pack finds no refs in common.

Andrew Clausen· Oct 16, 2007, 21:31 UTC · lore

Hi all,

Please cc me, I'm not subscribed.

git-push fails when pushing into an empty repository if you don't specify a branch:

	git --bare init some-repo

	git-push some-repo

To get this to work, you need to do

	git-push some-repo master

I attached a patch so that the error message suggests trying the latter.

Cheers, Andrew

>From ee888ea1a7d2e75a0439569e36eabe4620e8f833 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001

Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 17:16:05 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] helpful error message when send-pack finds no refs in common.
Signed-off-by: Andrew Clausen <clausen@econ.upenn.edu>

---
 send-pack.c |    3 ++-
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

Show changes to send-pack.c +2 −1

diff --git a/send-pack.c b/send-pack.c
index f74e66a..f0b0825 100644
--- a/send-pack.c
+++ b/send-pack.c
@@ -204,7 +204,8 @@ static int send_pack(int in, int out, struct remote *remote, int nr_refspec, cha
 		return -1;
 
 	if (!remote_refs) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "No refs in common and none specified; doing nothing.\n");
+		fprintf(stderr,
+			"No refs in common and none specified; doing nothing.\n"			"Perhaps you should specify a branch such as 'master'.\n");
 		return 0;
 	}

-- 
1.5.3.1

patchhelpful error message when send-pack finds no refs in common.