Change the error message from Could not remove branch %s to could not remove reference %s First of all, the old error message referred to "branch refs/remotes/origin/foo", which was awkward even for the existing caller. Normally we would refer to a reference like that as either "remote-tracking branch origin/foo" or "reference refs/remotes/origin/foo". Here I take the lazier alternative. Moreover, now that this function is part of the refs API, it might be called for refs that are neither branches nor remote-tracking branches. While we're at it, convert the error message to lower case, as per our usual convention. Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- refs.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c index 6f62bd1..5386077 100644 --- a/refs.c +++ b/refs.c @@ -2831,7 +2831,7 @@ int delete_refs(struct string_list *refnames) const char *refname = refnames->items[i].string; if (delete_ref(refname, NULL, 0)) - result |= error(_("Could not remove branch %s"), refname); + result |= error(_("could not remove reference %s"), refname); } return result; -- 2.1.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in