Signed-off-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@xxxxxxx> --- diff --git a/git-checkout.sh b/git-checkout.sh index c877440..923d81c 100755 --- a/git-checkout.sh +++ b/git-checkout.sh @@ -146,8 +146,11 @@ fi [ -z "$branch$newbranch" ] && [ "$new" != "$old" ] && - die "git checkout: to checkout the requested commit you need to specify - a name for a new branch which is created and switched to" + die "git checkout: provided reference cannot be checked out directly + + You need -b to associate a new branch with the wanted checkout. Example: + git checkout -b <new_branch_name> $arg +" if [ "X$old" = X ] then - 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