[PATCH 4/4] Make git-pull give hints on what to do when there is no branch to merge from

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Signed-off-by: Federico Mena Quintero <federico@xxxxxxx>
---
 git-pull.sh |    6 +++++-
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/git-pull.sh b/git-pull.sh
index 5e96d1f..7beef4d 100755
--- a/git-pull.sh
+++ b/git-pull.sh
@@ -98,7 +98,11 @@ case "$merge_head" in
 	curr_branch=${curr_branch#refs/heads/}
 
 	echo >&2 "Warning: No merge candidate found because value of config option
-         \"branch.${curr_branch}.merge\" does not match any remote branch fetched."
+         \"branch.${curr_branch}.merge\" does not match any remote branch fetched.
+         This branch is not set up to track any other branches.  Please name which
+         branch you want to merge from on the command line, or if you almost always
+         want to merge from the same branch, then set this up with
+         \"git branch --track\"."
 	echo >&2 "No changes."
 	exit 0
 	;;
-- 
1.5.2.4



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