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Vikrant Varma e56181060e help: add help_unknown_ref()
When the user gives an unknown string to a command that expects to
get a ref, we could be more helpful than just saying "that's not a
ref" and die.

Add helper function help_unknown_ref() to take care of displaying an
error message along with a list of suggested refs the user might
have meant.  An interaction with "git merge" might go like this:

	$ git merge foo
	merge: foo - not something we can merge

	Did you mean one of these?
	    origin/foo
	    upstream/foo

Signed-off-by: Vikrant Varma <vikrant.varma94@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2013-05-08 15:31:54 -07:00
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commit.h pretty: save commit encoding from logmsg_reencode if the caller needs it 2013-04-18 16:28:27 -07:00
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date.c
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git-bisect.sh bisect: Log possibly bad, skipped commits at bisection end 2013-04-23 09:09:44 -07:00
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git-pull.sh
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git-remote-testpy.py
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git-request-pull.sh
git-send-email.perl
git-sh-i18n.sh
git-sh-setup.sh
git-stash.sh
git-submodule.sh
git-svn.perl
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graph.c
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grep.c
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hash.c
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levenshtein.c
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list-objects.c
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ll-merge.c
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lockfile.c
log-tree.c pretty: share code between format_decoration and show_decorations 2013-04-18 16:28:27 -07:00
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mailmap.c
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merge-blobs.c
merge-blobs.h
merge-recursive.c
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merge.c
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mergesort.h
name-hash.c
notes-cache.c
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pack-check.c
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pack-revindex.c
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pack-write.c
pack.h
pager.c
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path.c
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README

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	Git - the stupid content tracker

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"git" can mean anything, depending on your mood.

 - random three-letter combination that is pronounceable, and not
   actually used by any common UNIX command.  The fact that it is a
   mispronunciation of "get" may or may not be relevant.
 - stupid. contemptible and despicable. simple. Take your pick from the
   dictionary of slang.
 - "global information tracker": you're in a good mood, and it actually
   works for you. Angels sing, and a light suddenly fills the room.
 - "goddamn idiotic truckload of sh*t": when it breaks

Git is a fast, scalable, distributed revision control system with an
unusually rich command set that provides both high-level operations
and full access to internals.

Git is an Open Source project covered by the GNU General Public
License version 2 (some parts of it are under different licenses,
compatible with the GPLv2). It was originally written by Linus
Torvalds with help of a group of hackers around the net.

Please read the file INSTALL for installation instructions.

See Documentation/gittutorial.txt to get started, then see
Documentation/everyday.txt for a useful minimum set of commands, and
Documentation/git-commandname.txt for documentation of each command.
If git has been correctly installed, then the tutorial can also be
read with "man gittutorial" or "git help tutorial", and the
documentation of each command with "man git-commandname" or "git help
commandname".

CVS users may also want to read Documentation/gitcvs-migration.txt
("man gitcvs-migration" or "git help cvs-migration" if git is
installed).

Many Git online resources are accessible from http://git-scm.com/
including full documentation and Git related tools.

The user discussion and development of Git take place on the Git
mailing list -- everyone is welcome to post bug reports, feature
requests, comments and patches to git@vger.kernel.org (read
Documentation/SubmittingPatches for instructions on patch submission).
To subscribe to the list, send an email with just "subscribe git" in
the body to majordomo@vger.kernel.org. The mailing list archives are
available at http://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/,
http://marc.info/?l=git and other archival sites.

The maintainer frequently sends the "What's cooking" reports that
list the current status of various development topics to the mailing
list.  The discussion following them give a good reference for
project status, development direction and remaining tasks.