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Diffstat (limited to 'builtin')
| -rw-r--r-- | builtin/branch.c | 3 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/builtin/branch.c b/builtin/branch.c index 2cb45e42e1..2ef214632f 100644 --- a/builtin/branch.c +++ b/builtin/branch.c @@ -838,7 +838,8 @@ int cmd_branch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) strbuf_release(&buf); } else if (argc > 0 && argc <= 2) { if (filter.kind != FILTER_REFS_BRANCHES) - die(_("-a and -r options to 'git branch' do not make sense with a branch name")); + die(_("The -a, and -r, options to 'git branch' do not take a branch name.\n" + "Did you mean to use: -a|-r --list <pattern>?")); if (track == BRANCH_TRACK_OVERRIDE) die(_("the '--set-upstream' option is no longer supported. Please use '--track' or '--set-upstream-to' instead.")); |