This interface is error prone, and a better one (--set-upstream-to) exists. Suggest how to fix a --set-upstream invocation in case the user only gives one argument, which makes it likely that he meant to do the opposite, like with git branch --set-upstream origin/master when they meant one of git branch --set-upstream origin/master master git branch --set-upstream-to origin/master Signed-off-by: Carlos Martín Nieto <cmn@xxxxxxxx> --- builtin/branch.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+) diff --git a/builtin/branch.c b/builtin/branch.c index c886fc0..5551227 100644 --- a/builtin/branch.c +++ b/builtin/branch.c @@ -864,10 +864,32 @@ int cmd_branch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) info and making sure new_upstream is correct */ create_branch(head, branch->name, new_upstream, 0, 0, 0, quiet, BRANCH_TRACK_OVERRIDE); } else if (argc > 0 && argc <= 2) { + struct branch *branch = branch_get(argv[0]); + const char *old_upstream = NULL; + int branch_existed = 0; + if (kinds != REF_LOCAL_BRANCH) die(_("-a and -r options to 'git branch' do not make sense with a branch name")); + + /* Save what argv[0] was pointing to so we can give + the --set-upstream-to hint */ + if (branch_has_merge_config(branch)) + old_upstream = shorten_unambiguous_ref(branch->merge[0]->dst, 0); + + branch_existed = ref_exists(branch->refname); create_branch(head, argv[0], (argc == 2) ? argv[1] : head, force_create, reflog, 0, quiet, track); + + if (argc == 1) { + printf("If you wanted to make '%s' track '%s', do this:\n", head, argv[0]); + if (branch_existed) + printf(" $ git branch --set-upstream '%s' '%s'\n", argv[0], old_upstream); + else + printf(" $ git branch -d '%s'\n", argv[0]); + + printf(" $ git branch --set-upstream-to '%s'\n", argv[0]); + } + } else usage_with_options(builtin_branch_usage, options); -- 1.7.10.2.1.g8c77c3c -- 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