[PATCH 3/6] Improve error message for branching an existing branch
From: John Tapsell <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:46:14
Subsystem:
the rest · Maintainer:
Linus Torvalds
Signed-off-by: John Tapsell <redacted> --- branch.c | 3 ++- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/branch.c b/branch.c
index 1f00e44..86ac293 100644
--- a/branch.c
+++ b/branch.c@@ -120,7 +120,8 @@ void create_branch(const char *head, if (resolve_ref(ref.buf, sha1, 1, NULL)) { if (!force) - die("A branch named '%s' already exists.", name); + die("A branch named '%s' already exists.\n" + "Maybe you wanted to change to this branch with: git checkout '%s'", name, name); else if (!is_bare_repository() && !strcmp(head, name)) die("Cannot force update the current branch."); forcing = 1;
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