Signed-off-by: John Tapsell <johnflux@xxxxxxxxx> --- branch.c | 3 ++- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/branch.c b/branch.c index 1f00e44..86ac293 100644 --- a/branch.c +++ b/branch.c @@ -120,7 +120,8 @@ void create_branch(const char *head, if (resolve_ref(ref.buf, sha1, 1, NULL)) { if (!force) - die("A branch named '%s' already exists.", name); + die("A branch named '%s' already exists.\n" + "Maybe you wanted to change to this branch with: git checkout '%s'", name, name); else if (!is_bare_repository() && !strcmp(head, name)) die("Cannot force update the current branch."); forcing = 1; -- 1.6.2.rc1.3.g7d31b.dirty -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html