Without this patch "git commit file.c file2.c" produces the not
so stellar output:
error: pathspec 'file.c' did not match any.
error: pathspec 'file2.c' did not match any.
With this patch, the output is changed to:
error: pathspec 'file.c' did not match any file(s) known to git.
error: pathspec 'file2.c' did not match any file(s) known to git.
Did you forget to 'git add'?
Signed-off-by: Andreas Ericsson <ae@xxxxxx>
---
builtin-ls-files.c | 6 +++++-
1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin-ls-files.c b/builtin-ls-files.c
index ad8c41e..bc79ce4 100644
--- a/builtin-ls-files.c
+++ b/builtin-ls-files.c
@@ -487,10 +487,14 @@ int cmd_ls_files(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
for (num = 0; pathspec[num]; num++) {
if (ps_matched[num])
continue;
- error("pathspec '%s' did not match any.",
+ error("pathspec '%s' did not match any file(s) known to git.",
pathspec[num] + prefix_offset);
errors++;
}
+
+ if (errors)
+ fprintf(stderr, "Did you forget to 'git add'?\n");
+
return errors ? 1 : 0;
}
--
1.4.4.1.GIT
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