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diff --git a/git-parse-remote.sh b/git-parse-remote.sh
index b24119d69c..55fe8d56c9 100644
--- a/git-parse-remote.sh
+++ b/git-parse-remote.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+# This is a shell library to calculate the remote repository and
+# upstream branch that should be pulled by "git pull" from the current
+# branch.
# git-ls-remote could be called from outside a git managed repository;
# this would fail in that case and would issue an error message.
@@ -57,34 +59,31 @@ error_on_missing_default_upstream () {
op_prep="$3"
example="$4"
branch_name=$(git symbolic-ref -q HEAD)
+ # If there's only one remote, use that in the suggestion
+ remote="<remote>"
+ if test $(git remote | wc -l) = 1
+ then
+ remote=$(git remote)
+ fi
+
if test -z "$branch_name"
then
- echo "You are not currently on a branch, so I cannot use any
-'branch.<branchname>.merge' in your configuration file.
-Please specify which branch you want to $op_type $op_prep on the command
-line and try again (e.g. '$example').
-See git-${cmd}(1) for details."
+ echo "You are not currently on a branch. Please specify which
+branch you want to $op_type $op_prep. See git-${cmd}(1) for details.
+
+ $example
+"
else
- echo "You asked me to $cmd without telling me which branch you
-want to $op_type $op_prep, and 'branch.${branch_name#refs/heads/}.merge' in
-your configuration file does not tell me, either. Please
-specify which branch you want to use on the command line and
-try again (e.g. '$example').
-See git-${cmd}(1) for details.
+ echo "There is no tracking information for the current branch.
+Please specify which branch you want to $op_type $op_prep.
+See git-${cmd}(1) for details
+
+ $example
-If you often $op_type $op_prep the same branch, you may want to
-use something like the following in your configuration file:
- [branch \"${branch_name#refs/heads/}\"]
- remote = <nickname>
- merge = <remote-ref>"
- test rebase = "$op_type" &&
- echo " rebase = true"
- echo "
- [remote \"<nickname>\"]
- url = <url>
- fetch = <refspec>
+If you wish to set tracking information for this branch you can do so with:
-See git-config(1) for details."
+ git branch --set-upstream-to=$remote/<branch> ${branch_name#refs/heads/}
+"
fi
exit 1
}