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Merge branch 'jn/maint-pull-rebase-error-message' into maint 

* jn/maint-pull-rebase-error-message:
  pull: clarify advice for the unconfigured error case
maint
Junio C Hamano 2009-12-08 22:39:20 -08:00
parent a876433c5f 995fc2f7e1
commit 389e0baa94
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@ -88,45 +88,63 @@ error_on_no_merge_candidates () {
esac
done

if test true = "$rebase"
then
op_type=rebase
op_prep=against
else
op_type=merge
op_prep=with
fi

curr_branch=${curr_branch#refs/heads/}
upstream=$(git config "branch.$curr_branch.merge")
remote=$(git config "branch.$curr_branch.remote")

if [ $# -gt 1 ]; then
echo "There are no candidates for merging in the refs that you just fetched."
if [ "$rebase" = true ]; then
printf "There is no candidate for rebasing against "
else
printf "There are no candidates for merging "
fi
echo "among the refs that you just fetched."
echo "Generally this means that you provided a wildcard refspec which had no"
echo "matches on the remote end."
elif [ $# -gt 0 ] && [ "$1" != "$remote" ]; then
echo "You asked to pull from the remote '$1', but did not specify"
echo "a branch to merge. Because this is not the default configured remote"
echo "a branch. Because this is not the default configured remote"
echo "for your current branch, you must specify a branch on the command line."
elif [ -z "$curr_branch" ]; then
echo "You are not currently on a branch, so I cannot use any"
echo "'branch.<branchname>.merge' in your configuration file."
echo "Please specify which branch you want to merge on the command"
echo "Please specify which remote branch you want to use on the command"
echo "line and try again (e.g. 'git pull <repository> <refspec>')."
echo "See git-pull(1) for details."
elif [ -z "$upstream" ]; then
echo "You asked me to pull without telling me which branch you"
echo "want to merge with, and 'branch.${curr_branch}.merge' in"
echo "your configuration file does not tell me either. Please"
echo "specify which branch you want to merge on the command line and"
echo "want to $op_type $op_prep, and 'branch.${curr_branch}.merge' in"
echo "your configuration file does not tell me, either. Please"
echo "specify which branch you want to use on the command line and"
echo "try again (e.g. 'git pull <repository> <refspec>')."
echo "See git-pull(1) for details."
echo
echo "If you often merge with the same branch, you may want to"
echo "configure the following variables in your configuration"
echo "file:"
echo "If you often $op_type $op_prep the same branch, you may want to"
echo "use something like the following in your configuration file:"
echo
echo " branch.${curr_branch}.remote = <nickname>"
echo " branch.${curr_branch}.merge = <remote-ref>"
echo " remote.<nickname>.url = <url>"
echo " remote.<nickname>.fetch = <refspec>"
echo " [branch \"${curr_branch}\"]"
echo " remote = <nickname>"
echo " merge = <remote-ref>"
test rebase = "$op_type" &&
echo " rebase = true"
echo
echo " [remote \"<nickname>\"]"
echo " url = <url>"
echo " fetch = <refspec>"
echo
echo "See git-config(1) for details."
else
echo "Your configuration specifies to merge the ref '${upstream#refs/heads/}' from the"
echo "remote, but no such ref was fetched."
echo "Your configuration specifies to $op_type $op_prep the ref '${upstream#refs/heads/}'"
echo "from the remote, but no such ref was fetched."
fi
exit 1
}