Re: [PATCH 1/2] merge-recursive: point the user to commit when file would be overwritten.
From: Junio C Hamano <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:47:45
Matthieu Moy [off-list ref] writes:
The commit-before-pull is well accepted in the DVCS community, but is confusing some new users. This should get them back in the right way when the problem occurs. Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <redacted>
Don't these extra lines warrant "advice.*" option?
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--- merge-recursive.c | 6 ++++-- 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)diff --git a/merge-recursive.c b/merge-recursive.c index f55b7eb..d5e0819 100644 --- a/merge-recursive.c +++ b/merge-recursive.c@@ -172,9 +172,11 @@ static int git_merge_trees(int index_only, struct unpack_trees_options opts; static const struct unpack_trees_error_msgs msgs = { /* would_overwrite */ - "Your local changes to '%s' would be overwritten by merge. Aborting.", + "Your local changes to '%s' would be overwritten by merge. Aborting:\n" + "Please, commit your changes or stash them before you can merge.", /* not_uptodate_file */ - "Your local changes to '%s' would be overwritten by merge. Aborting.", + "Your local changes to '%s' would be overwritten by merge. Aborting:\n" + "Please, commit your changes or stash them before you can merge.", /* not_uptodate_dir */ "Updating '%s' would lose untracked files in it. Aborting.", /* would_lose_untracked */-- 1.6.5.3.435.g5f2e3.dirty