If you try to commit with unresolved conflicts in the index, you get this message: $ git commit U foo error: 'commit' is not possible because you have unmerged files. hint: Fix them up in the work tree, hint: and then use 'git add/rm <file>' as hint: appropriate to mark resolution and make a commit, hint: or use 'git commit -a'. fatal: Exiting because of an unresolved conflict. The irregular line-wrapping makes this awkward to read, and it takes up more lines than necessary. Instead, let's rewrap it to about 60 characters per line: $ git commit U foo error: 'commit' is not possible because you have unmerged files. hint: Fix them up in the work tree, and then use 'git add/rm <file>' hint: as appropriate to mark resolution and make a commit, or use hint: 'git commit -a'. fatal: Exiting because of an unresolved conflict. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> --- This always bugs me when I see it, so I thought I'd finally do something about it. I left the wording alone, though I'd also be happy to see it shortened to just advise "git add/rm" and not mention "git commit -a" at all. advice.c | 7 +++---- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/advice.c b/advice.c index 486f823..ef24733 100644 --- a/advice.c +++ b/advice.c @@ -82,10 +82,9 @@ int error_resolve_conflict(const char *me) * Message used both when 'git commit' fails and when * other commands doing a merge do. */ - advise(_("Fix them up in the work tree,\n" - "and then use 'git add/rm <file>' as\n" - "appropriate to mark resolution and make a commit,\n" - "or use 'git commit -a'.")); + advise(_("Fix them up in the work tree, and then use 'git add/rm <file>'\n" + "as appropriate to mark resolution and make a commit, or use\n" + "'git commit -a'.")); return -1; } -- 2.0.0.rc1.436.g03cb729 -- 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