The error message we show when the user tries to delete a not fully merged branch describes the error and gives a hint to the user: error: the branch 'foo' is not fully merged. If you are sure you want to delete it, run 'git branch -D foo'. Let's move the hint part so that it takes advantage of the advice machinery: error: the branch 'foo' is not fully merged hint: If you are sure you want to delete it, run 'git branch -D foo' hint: Disable this message with "git config advice.forceDeleteBranch false" Signed-off-by: Rubén Justo <rjusto@xxxxxxxxx> --- This change is a pending NEEDSWORK from a recent series about adjusting the error messages in branch.c Unfortunately the full message now becomes a three line message. Hopefully we can find a way in the near future to keep it at two. Documentation/config/advice.txt | 3 +++ advice.c | 1 + advice.h | 3 ++- builtin/branch.c | 9 ++++++--- 4 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/config/advice.txt b/Documentation/config/advice.txt index 4d7e5d8759..5814d659b9 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/advice.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/advice.txt @@ -142,4 +142,7 @@ advice.*:: Advice shown when a user tries to create a worktree from an invalid reference, to instruct how to create a new unborn branch instead. + forceDeleteBranch:: + Advice shown when a user tries to delete a not fully merged + branch without the force option set. -- diff --git a/advice.c b/advice.c index 50c79443ba..e91f5d7ab8 100644 --- a/advice.c +++ b/advice.c @@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ static struct { [ADVICE_UPDATE_SPARSE_PATH] = { "updateSparsePath", 1 }, [ADVICE_WAITING_FOR_EDITOR] = { "waitingForEditor", 1 }, [ADVICE_WORKTREE_ADD_ORPHAN] = { "worktreeAddOrphan", 1 }, + [ADVICE_FORCE_DELETE_BRANCH] = { "forceDeleteBranch", 1 }, }; static const char turn_off_instructions[] = diff --git a/advice.h b/advice.h index 2affbe1426..5bef900142 100644 --- a/advice.h +++ b/advice.h @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ struct string_list; * Add the new config variable to Documentation/config/advice.txt. * Call advise_if_enabled to print your advice. */ - enum advice_type { +enum advice_type { ADVICE_ADD_EMBEDDED_REPO, ADVICE_ADD_EMPTY_PATHSPEC, ADVICE_ADD_IGNORED_FILE, @@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ struct string_list; ADVICE_WAITING_FOR_EDITOR, ADVICE_SKIPPED_CHERRY_PICKS, ADVICE_WORKTREE_ADD_ORPHAN, + ADVICE_FORCE_DELETE_BRANCH, }; int git_default_advice_config(const char *var, const char *value); diff --git a/builtin/branch.c b/builtin/branch.c index 0a32d1b6c8..2240433bc8 100644 --- a/builtin/branch.c +++ b/builtin/branch.c @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ #include "ref-filter.h" #include "worktree.h" #include "help.h" +#include "advice.h" #include "commit-reach.h" static const char * const builtin_branch_usage[] = { @@ -190,9 +191,11 @@ static int check_branch_commit(const char *branchname, const char *refname, return -1; } if (!force && !branch_merged(kinds, branchname, rev, head_rev)) { - error(_("the branch '%s' is not fully merged.\n" - "If you are sure you want to delete it, " - "run 'git branch -D %s'"), branchname, branchname); + error(_("the branch '%s' is not fully merged"), + branchname); + advise_if_enabled(ADVICE_FORCE_DELETE_BRANCH, + _("If you are sure you want to delete it, " + "run 'git branch -D %s'"), branchname); return -1; } return 0; -- 2.42.0