diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 6e53fc5..eb04479 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -199,6 +199,9 @@ advice.*::
amWorkDir::
Advice that shows the location of the patch file when
linkgit:git-am[1] fails to apply it.
+ rmHints::
+ In case of failure in the output of linkgit:git-rm[1],
+ show directions on how to proceed from the current state.
--
core.fileMode::
diff --git a/advice.c b/advice.c
index a8deee6..a4c169c 100644
--- a/advice.c
+++ b/advice.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ int advice_resolve_conflict = 1;
int advice_implicit_identity = 1;
int advice_detached_head = 1;
int advice_set_upstream_failure = 1;
+int advice_rm_hints = 1;
static struct {
const char *name;@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ static struct {
{ "implicitidentity", &advice_implicit_identity },
{ "detachedhead", &advice_detached_head },
{ "setupstreamfailure", &advice_set_upstream_failure },
+ { "rmhints", &advice_rm_hints },
/* make this an alias for backward compatibility */
{ "pushnonfastforward", &advice_push_update_rejected }diff --git a/advice.h b/advice.h
index 94caa32..36104c4 100644
--- a/advice.h
+++ b/advice.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ extern int advice_resolve_conflict;
extern int advice_implicit_identity;
extern int advice_detached_head;
extern int advice_set_upstream_failure;
+extern int advice_rm_hints;
int git_default_advice_config(const char *var, const char *value);
void advise(const char *advice, ...);
diff --git a/builtin/rm.c b/builtin/rm.c
index 76dfc5b..2226037 100644
--- a/builtin/rm.c
+++ b/builtin/rm.c
@@ -62,9 +62,11 @@ static int check_submodules_use_gitfiles(void)
if (!submodule_uses_gitfile(name))
errs = error(_("submodule '%s' (or one of its nested "
- "submodules) uses a .git directory\n"
- "(use 'rm -rf' if you really want to remove "
- "it including all of its history)"), name);
+ "submodules) uses a .git directory%s"), name,
+ advice_rm_hints
+ ? "\n(use 'rm -rf' if you really want to remove "
+ "it including all of its history)"
+ : "");
}
return errs;@@ -85,7 +87,8 @@ static int print_error_files(struct string_list *files_list,
strbuf_addf(&err_msg,
"\n %s",
files_list->items[i].string);
- strbuf_addstr(&err_msg, hints_msg);
+ if (advice_rm_hints)
+ strbuf_addstr(&err_msg, hints_msg);
errs = error("%s", err_msg.buf);
return errs;diff --git a/t/t3600-rm.sh b/t/t3600-rm.sh
index 08bc9bb..92f6146 100755
--- a/t/t3600-rm.sh
+++ b/t/t3600-rm.sh
@@ -707,6 +707,18 @@ EOF
test_cmp expect actual
'
+test_expect_success 'rm files with different staged content without hints' '
+ cat >expect << EOF &&
+error: the following files have staged content different from both the
+file and the HEAD:
+ bar.txt
+ foo.txt
+EOF
+ echo content2 >foo.txt &&
+ echo content2 >bar.txt &&
+ test_must_fail git -c advice.rmhints=false rm foo.txt bar.txt 2>actual &&
+ test_cmp expect actual
+'
test_expect_success 'rm file with local modification' '
cat >expect << EOF &&
@@ -720,6 +732,15 @@ EOF
test_cmp expect actual
'
+test_expect_success 'rm file with local modification without hints' '
+ cat >expect << EOF &&
+error: the following files have local modifications:
+ bar.txt
+EOF
+ echo content4 >bar.txt &&
+ test_must_fail git -c advice.rmhints=false rm bar.txt 2>actual &&
+ test_cmp expect actual
+'
test_expect_success 'rm file with changes in the index' '
cat >expect << EOF &&@@ -734,5 +755,13 @@ EOF
test_cmp expect actual
'
+test_expect_success 'rm file with changes in the index without hints' '
+ cat >expect << EOF &&
+error: the following files have changes staged in the index:
+ foo.txt
+EOF
+ test_must_fail git -c advice.rmhints=false rm foo.txt 2>actual &&
+ test_cmp expect actual
+'
test_done
--
1.7.8