In both cases, give a hint on what to do next. We mention explicitely
"detached HEAD" since this is the keyword to look for in documentations.
Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@xxxxxxx>
---
builtin/push.c | 12 ++++++++++--
1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin/push.c b/builtin/push.c
index 210eb36..48fb050 100644
--- a/builtin/push.c
+++ b/builtin/push.c
@@ -69,7 +69,8 @@ static void setup_push_upstream(struct remote *remote)
struct strbuf refspec = STRBUF_INIT;
struct branch *branch = branch_get(NULL);
if (!branch)
- die("You are not currently on a branch.");
+ die("You are not currently on a branch (detached HEAD).\n"
+ "Please, checkout the branch you want to push first or specify it on the command line.");
if (!branch->merge_nr || !branch->merge)
die("The current branch %s has no upstream branch.\n"
"To push the current branch and set the remote as upstream, use\n"
@@ -152,7 +153,14 @@ static int do_push(const char *repo, int flags)
if (!remote) {
if (repo)
die("bad repository '%s'", repo);
- die("No destination configured to push to.");
+ die("No destination configured to push to.\n"
+ "Either specify the URL from the command line or configure a remote repository using\n"
+ "\n"
+ " git remote add <name> <url>\n"
+ "\n"
+ "and then push using the remote name like\n"
+ "\n"
+ " git push <name>\n");
}
if (remote->mirror)
--
1.7.4.1.142.g43604.dirty
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