Thread (1 message) 1 message, 1 author, 2023-07-06

Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] remote: advise about force-pushing as an alternative to reconciliation

From: Junio C Hamano <hidden>
Date: 2023-07-06 20:25:45

Alex Henrie [off-list ref] writes:
Also, don't imply that `git pull` is only for merging.

Co-authored-by: Junio C Hamano [off-list ref]
I appreciate, but do not need, the credit; in any way, I didn't
co-author this one.
quoted hunk
Signed-off-by: Alex Henrie <redacted>
---
 remote.c | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/remote.c b/remote.c
index a81f2e2f17..1fe86f8b23 100644
--- a/remote.c
+++ b/remote.c
@@ -2323,7 +2323,10 @@ int format_tracking_info(struct branch *branch, struct strbuf *sb,
 			base, ours, theirs);
 		if (advice_enabled(ADVICE_STATUS_HINTS))
 			strbuf_addstr(sb,
-				_("  (use \"git pull\" to merge the remote branch into yours)\n"));
+				_("  (To reconcile your local changes with the work at the remote, you can\n"
+				  "  use 'git pull' and then 'git push'. To discard the work at the remote\n"
+				  "  and replace it with what you did (alone), you can use\n"
+				  "  'git push --force'.)\n"));
 	}
Since wt-status.c:wt_longstatus_print_tracking() calls this
function, I would expect that this change would manifest as test
breakage in "git status" (or "git commit" whose commit log edit
buffer is examined) tests.  Are we lacking test coverage?

Thanks.


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