[PATCH] make the message about the need for a new branch a bit clearer
From: Nicolas Pitre <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:42:46
Subsystem:
the rest · Maintainer:
Linus Torvalds
Signed-off-by: Nicolas Pitre <redacted> ---
diff --git a/git-checkout.sh b/git-checkout.sh
index c877440..923d81c 100755
--- a/git-checkout.sh
+++ b/git-checkout.sh@@ -146,8 +146,11 @@ fi [ -z "$branch$newbranch" ] && [ "$new" != "$old" ] && - die "git checkout: to checkout the requested commit you need to specify - a name for a new branch which is created and switched to" + die "git checkout: provided reference cannot be checked out directly + + You need -b to associate a new branch with the wanted checkout. Example: + git checkout -b <new_branch_name> $arg +" if [ "X$old" = X ] then