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git-pull.sh: better warning message for "git pull" on detached head.

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Otherwise, git complains about not finding a branch to pull from in
'branch..merge', which is hardly understandable. While we're there,
reword the sentences slightly.

Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Matthieu Moy 2009-04-08 09:24:03 +02:00 committed by Junio C Hamano
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@ -90,23 +90,31 @@ error_on_no_merge_candidates () {
curr_branch=${curr_branch#refs/heads/}
echo "You asked me to pull without telling me which branch you"
echo "want to merge with, and 'branch.${curr_branch}.merge' in"
echo "your configuration file does not tell me either. Please"
echo "name which branch you want to merge on the command line and"
echo "try again (e.g. 'git pull <repository> <refspec>')."
echo "See git-pull(1) for details on the refspec."
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
echo " branch.${curr_branch}.remote = <nickname>"
echo " branch.${curr_branch}.merge = <remote-ref>"
echo " remote.<nickname>.url = <url>"
echo " remote.<nickname>.fetch = <refspec>"
echo
echo "See git-config(1) for details."
if [ -z "$curr_branch" ]; then
echo "You are not currently on a branch, so I cannot use any"
echo "'branch.<branchname>.merge' in your configuration file."
echo "Please specify which branch you want to merge on the command"
echo "line and try again (e.g. 'git pull <repository> <refspec>')."
echo "See git-pull(1) for details."
else
echo "You asked me to pull without telling me which branch you"
echo "want to merge with, and 'branch.${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 "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
echo " branch.${curr_branch}.remote = <nickname>"
echo " branch.${curr_branch}.merge = <remote-ref>"
echo " remote.<nickname>.url = <url>"
echo " remote.<nickname>.fetch = <refspec>"
echo
echo "See git-config(1) for details."
fi
exit 1
}