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Diffstat (limited to 'git-checkout.sh')
| -rwxr-xr-x | git-checkout.sh | 13 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/git-checkout.sh b/git-checkout.sh index 76e7f55226..463ed2eaff 100755 --- a/git-checkout.sh +++ b/git-checkout.sh @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ while [ "$#" != "0" ]; do [ -e "$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/$newbranch" ] && die "git checkout: branch $newbranch already exists" git-check-ref-format "heads/$newbranch" || - die "we do not like '$newbranch' as a branch name." + die "git checkout: we do not like '$newbranch' as a branch name." ;; "-f") force=1 @@ -75,9 +75,15 @@ done if test "$#" -ge 1 then + hint= + if test "$#" -eq 1 + then + hint=" +Did you intend to checkout '$@' which can not be resolved as commit?" + fi if test '' != "$newbranch$force$merge" then - die "updating paths and switching branches or forcing are incompatible." + die "git checkout: updating paths is incompatible with switching branches/forcing$hint" fi if test '' != "$new" then @@ -117,7 +123,8 @@ fi [ -z "$branch$newbranch" ] && [ "$new" != "$old" ] && - die "git checkout: you need to specify a new branch name" + die "git checkout: to checkout the requested commit you need to specify + a name for a new branch which is created and switched to" if [ "$force" ] then |