A follow-up change will extend this error message with the advice facility. Doing so would make the indentation too deeply nested for comfort. So let's split this into a helper function. There's no changes to the wording here. Just code moving & re-indentation, and re-flowing the "TRANSLATORS" comment. Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@xxxxxxxxx> --- remote.c | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++---------------- 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) diff --git a/remote.c b/remote.c index f4b438ff74..c7a0b9c46f 100644 --- a/remote.c +++ b/remote.c @@ -1005,6 +1005,26 @@ static int match_explicit_lhs(struct ref *src, } } +static void show_push_unqualified_ref_name_error(const char *dst_value, + const char *matched_src_name) +{ + /* + * TRANSLATORS: "matches '%s'%" is the <dst> part of "git push + * <remote> <src>:<dst>" push, and "being pushed ('%s')" is + * the <src>. + */ + error(_("The destination you provided is not a full refname (i.e.,\n" + "starting with \"refs/\"). We tried to guess what you meant by:\n" + "\n" + "- Looking for a ref that matches '%s' on the remote side.\n" + "- Checking if the <src> being pushed ('%s')\n" + " is a ref in \"refs/{heads,tags}/\". If so we add a corresponding\n" + " refs/{heads,tags}/ prefix on the remote side.\n" + "\n" + "Neither worked, so we gave up. You must fully-qualify the ref."), + dst_value, matched_src_name); +} + static int match_explicit(struct ref *src, struct ref *dst, struct ref ***dst_tail, struct refspec_item *rs) @@ -1049,22 +1069,8 @@ static int match_explicit(struct ref *src, struct ref *dst, matched_dst = make_linked_ref(dst_guess, dst_tail); free(dst_guess); } else { - /* - * TRANSLATORS: "matches '%s'%" is the <dst> - * part of "git push <remote> <src>:<dst>" - * push, and "being pushed ('%s')" is the - * <src>. - */ - error(_("The destination you provided is not a full refname (i.e.,\n" - "starting with \"refs/\"). We tried to guess what you meant by:\n" - "\n" - "- Looking for a ref that matches '%s' on the remote side.\n" - "- Checking if the <src> being pushed ('%s')\n" - " is a ref in \"refs/{heads,tags}/\". If so we add a corresponding\n" - " refs/{heads,tags}/ prefix on the remote side.\n" - "\n" - "Neither worked, so we gave up. You must fully-qualify the ref."), - dst_value, matched_src->name); + show_push_unqualified_ref_name_error(dst_value, + matched_src->name); } break; default: -- 2.19.1.759.g500967bb5e