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Diffstat (limited to 'pathspec.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | pathspec.c | 9 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/pathspec.c b/pathspec.c index 128f27fcb7..8243e06eab 100644 --- a/pathspec.c +++ b/pathspec.c @@ -438,8 +438,13 @@ static void init_pathspec_item(struct pathspec_item *item, unsigned flags, } else { match = prefix_path_gently(prefix, prefixlen, &prefixlen, copyfrom); - if (!match) - die(_("%s: '%s' is outside repository"), elt, copyfrom); + if (!match) { + const char *hint_path = get_git_work_tree(); + if (!hint_path) + hint_path = get_git_dir(); + die(_("%s: '%s' is outside repository at '%s'"), elt, + copyfrom, absolute_path(hint_path)); + } } item->match = match; |