[PATCH 1/2] merge-recursive: point the user to commit when file would be overwritten.

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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 <Matthieu.Moy@xxxxxxx>
---
 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

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