If we refuse a branch operation because the tracking start_name the user gave us is bogus, we just print something like: fatal: Cannot setup tracking information; start point is not a branch If we mention the actual name we tried to use, that may help the user figure out why it didn't work (e.g., if they gave us the arguments in the wrong order). Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> --- branch.c | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/branch.c b/branch.c index 060e9e3..d6f4001 100644 --- a/branch.c +++ b/branch.c @@ -198,9 +198,9 @@ static const char upstream_missing[] = } static const char upstream_not_branch[] = -N_("Cannot setup tracking information; starting point is not a branch."); +N_("Cannot setup tracking information; starting point '%s' is not a branch."); static const char upstream_missing[] = -N_("Cannot setup tracking information; starting point does not exist"); +N_("Cannot setup tracking information; starting point '%s' does not exist"); void create_branch(const char *head, const char *name, const char *start_name, @@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ void create_branch(const char *head, real_ref = NULL; if (get_sha1(start_name, sha1)) { if (explicit_tracking) - die(_(upstream_missing)); + die(_(upstream_missing), start_name); die("Not a valid object name: '%s'.", start_name); } @@ -239,14 +239,14 @@ void create_branch(const char *head, case 0: /* Not branching from any existing branch */ if (explicit_tracking) - die(_(upstream_not_branch)); + die(_(upstream_not_branch), start_name); break; case 1: /* Unique completion -- good, only if it is a real branch */ if (prefixcmp(real_ref, "refs/heads/") && prefixcmp(real_ref, "refs/remotes/")) { if (explicit_tracking) - die(_(upstream_not_branch)); + die(_(upstream_not_branch), start_name); else real_ref = NULL; } -- 1.8.2.rc0.33.gd915649 -- 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