<pet_peeve> On Mon, Dec 04, 2006 at 07:42:26AM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote: > (And obviously, for all the normal reasons, if the index or HEAD doesn't > match, the error message should be helpful and also explicitly mention the > "-f" flag. Somehing like > > file 'x' does not match HEAD or has been staged for changes. > Will not remove. Use '-f' to force removal. And you wouldn't tell which, you stupid computer? I hate when error messages go "there is a problem that may be x, y or z. You can figure out which one yourself.". Incidentally, splitting the message would allow you to add a "use git diff x" or a "use git diff --cached x to see the differences" message. </pet_peeve> OG. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html