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Diffstat (limited to 'branch.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | branch.c | 29 |
1 files changed, 26 insertions, 3 deletions
@@ -197,6 +197,20 @@ int validate_new_branchname(const char *name, struct strbuf *ref, return 1; } +static const char upstream_not_branch[] = +N_("Cannot setup tracking information; starting point '%s' is not a branch."); +static const char upstream_missing[] = +N_("the requested upstream branch '%s' does not exist"); +static const char upstream_advice[] = +N_("\n" +"If you are planning on basing your work on an upstream\n" +"branch that already exists at the remote, you may need to\n" +"run \"git fetch\" to retrieve it.\n" +"\n" +"If you are planning to push out a new local branch that\n" +"will track its remote counterpart, you may want to use\n" +"\"git push -u\" to set the upstream config as you push."); + void create_branch(const char *head, const char *name, const char *start_name, int force, int reflog, int clobber_head, @@ -224,21 +238,30 @@ void create_branch(const char *head, } real_ref = NULL; - if (get_sha1(start_name, sha1)) + if (get_sha1(start_name, sha1)) { + if (explicit_tracking) { + if (advice_set_upstream_failure) { + error(_(upstream_missing), start_name); + advise(_(upstream_advice)); + exit(1); + } + die(_(upstream_missing), start_name); + } die("Not a valid object name: '%s'.", start_name); + } switch (dwim_ref(start_name, strlen(start_name), sha1, &real_ref)) { case 0: /* Not branching from any existing branch */ if (explicit_tracking) - die("Cannot setup tracking information; starting point is not a branch."); + die(_(upstream_not_branch), start_name); break; case 1: /* Unique completion -- good, only if it is a real branch */ if (prefixcmp(real_ref, "refs/heads/") && prefixcmp(real_ref, "refs/remotes/")) { if (explicit_tracking) - die("Cannot setup tracking information; starting point is not a branch."); + die(_(upstream_not_branch), start_name); else real_ref = NULL; } |