Hi Junio, On Mon, 29 Aug 2016, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@xxxxxx> writes: > > > +static int require_clean_work_tree(const char *action, const char *hint, > > + int gently) > > { > > struct lock_file *lock_file = xcalloc(1, sizeof(*lock_file)); > > - int do_die = 0; > > + int err = 0; > > > > hold_locked_index(lock_file, 0); > > refresh_cache(REFRESH_QUIET); > > @@ -376,20 +377,26 @@ static void die_on_unclean_work_tree(void) > > rollback_lock_file(lock_file); > > > > if (has_unstaged_changes()) { > > - error(_("Cannot pull with rebase: You have unstaged changes.")); > > - do_die = 1; > > + error(_("Cannot %s: You have unstaged changes."), action); > > ... > > if (!autostash) > > - die_on_unclean_work_tree(); > > + require_clean_work_tree("pull with rebase", > > + "Please commit or stash them.", 0); > > > > if (get_rebase_fork_point(rebase_fork_point, repo, *refspecs)) > > hashclr(rebase_fork_point); > > Splicing an English/C phrase 'pull with rebase' into a > _("localizable %s string") makes the life of i18n team hard. Hrm. > Can we do this differently? Sure, but not at this stage. Because... > If you are eventually going to expose this function as public API, I > think the right approach would be to enumerate the possible error > conditions this function can diagnose and return them to the caller, > i.e. > > #define WT_STATUS_DIRTY_WORKTREE 01 > #define WT_STATUS_DIRTY_INDEX 02 > > static int require_clean_work_tree(void) > { > int status = 0; > ... > if (has_unstaged_changes()) > status |= WT_STATUS_DIRTY_WORKTREE; > if (has_uncommitted_changes()) > status |= WT_STATUS_DIRTY_INDEX; > return status; > } > > Then die_on_unclean_work_tree() can be made as a thin-wrapper that > calls it and shows the pull-specific error message. This sounds like a good plan, if involved. At this stage, I am really unwilling to introduce such extensive changes, for fear of introducing regressions. I will keep it in mind and make those changes, once Git for Windows v2.10.0 is out. Ciao, Dscho