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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/setup.c b/setup.c
index e11497720e..7663a4cbb2 100644
--- a/setup.c
+++ b/setup.c
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ static void NORETURN die_verify_filename(const char *prefix,
if (!diagnose_misspelt_rev)
die("%s: no such path in the working tree.\n"
- "Use '-- <path>...' to specify paths that do not exist locally.",
+ "Use 'git <command> -- <path>...' to specify paths that do not exist locally.",
arg);
/*
* Saying "'(icase)foo' does not exist in the index" when the
@@ -96,7 +96,8 @@ static void NORETURN die_verify_filename(const char *prefix,
/* ... or fall back the most general message. */
die("ambiguous argument '%s': unknown revision or path not in the working tree.\n"
- "Use '--' to separate paths from revisions", arg);
+ "Use '--' to separate paths from revisions, like this:\n"
+ "'git <command> [<revision>...] -- [<file>...]'", arg);
}
@@ -145,7 +146,8 @@ void verify_non_filename(const char *prefix, const char *arg)
if (!check_filename(prefix, arg))
return;
die("ambiguous argument '%s': both revision and filename\n"
- "Use '--' to separate filenames from revisions", arg);
+ "Use '--' to separate paths from revisions, like this:\n"
+ "'git <command> [<revision>...] -- [<file>...]'", arg);
}
/*