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-rw-r--r--builtin-ls-files.c6
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/builtin-ls-files.c b/builtin-ls-files.c
index ad8c41e731..bc79ce40fc 100644
--- a/builtin-ls-files.c
+++ b/builtin-ls-files.c
@@ -487,10 +487,14 @@ int cmd_ls_files(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
for (num = 0; pathspec[num]; num++) {
if (ps_matched[num])
continue;
- error("pathspec '%s' did not match any.",
+ error("pathspec '%s' did not match any file(s) known to git.",
pathspec[num] + prefix_offset);
errors++;
}
+
+ if (errors)
+ fprintf(stderr, "Did you forget to 'git add'?\n");
+
return errors ? 1 : 0;
}