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Diffstat (limited to 'builtin')
| -rw-r--r-- | builtin/submodule--helper.c | 10 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/builtin/submodule--helper.c b/builtin/submodule--helper.c index 2c2395a620..12d546dfbb 100644 --- a/builtin/submodule--helper.c +++ b/builtin/submodule--helper.c @@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ #include "diffcore.h" #include "diff.h" #include "object-store.h" +#include "advice.h" #define OPT_QUIET (1 << 0) #define OPT_CACHED (1 << 1) @@ -1268,6 +1269,13 @@ struct submodule_alternate_setup { #define SUBMODULE_ALTERNATE_SETUP_INIT { NULL, \ SUBMODULE_ALTERNATE_ERROR_IGNORE, NULL } +static const char alternate_error_advice[] = N_( +"An alternate computed from a superproject's alternate is invalid.\n" +"To allow Git to clone without an alternate in such a case, set\n" +"submodule.alternateErrorStrategy to 'info' or, equivalently, clone with\n" +"'--reference-if-able' instead of '--reference'." +); + static int add_possible_reference_from_superproject( struct object_directory *odb, void *sas_cb) { @@ -1299,6 +1307,8 @@ static int add_possible_reference_from_superproject( } else { switch (sas->error_mode) { case SUBMODULE_ALTERNATE_ERROR_DIE: + if (advice_submodule_alternate_error_strategy_die) + advise(_(alternate_error_advice)); die(_("submodule '%s' cannot add alternate: %s"), sas->submodule_name, err.buf); case SUBMODULE_ALTERNATE_ERROR_INFO: |