From: Heba Waly <heba.waly@xxxxxxxxx> Use the advise function in advice.c to display hints to the users, as it provides a neat and a standard format for hint messages, i.e: the text is colored in yellow and the line starts by the word "hint:". Signed-off-by: Heba Waly <heba.waly@xxxxxxxxx> --- builtin/add.c | 4 ++-- t/t3700-add.sh | 2 +- 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/builtin/add.c b/builtin/add.c index 4c38aff419..eebf8d772b 100644 --- a/builtin/add.c +++ b/builtin/add.c @@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ static int add_files(struct dir_struct *dir, int flags) fprintf(stderr, _(ignore_error)); for (i = 0; i < dir->ignored_nr; i++) fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", dir->ignored[i]->name); - fprintf(stderr, _("Use -f if you really want to add them.\n")); + advise(_("Use -f if you really want to add them.\n")); exit_status = 1; } @@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ int cmd_add(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) if (require_pathspec && pathspec.nr == 0) { fprintf(stderr, _("Nothing specified, nothing added.\n")); - fprintf(stderr, _("Maybe you wanted to say 'git add .'?\n")); + advise( _("Maybe you wanted to say 'git add .'?\n")); return 0; } diff --git a/t/t3700-add.sh b/t/t3700-add.sh index c325167b90..a649805369 100755 --- a/t/t3700-add.sh +++ b/t/t3700-add.sh @@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ test_expect_success 'git add --dry-run of an existing file output' " cat >expect.err <<\EOF The following paths are ignored by one of your .gitignore files: ignored-file -Use -f if you really want to add them. +hint: Use -f if you really want to add them. EOF cat >expect.out <<\EOF add 'track-this' -- gitgitgadget