helpful error message when send-pack finds no refs in common.

Andrew Clausen · spearce · commit 7e23b06d5972 · 2007-10-16T22:01:15.000-04:00
Signed-off-by: Andrew Clausen &lt;clausen@econ.upenn.edu&gt;
Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce &lt;spearce@spearce.org&gt;
diff --git a/send-pack.c b/send-pack.c
@@ -204,7 +204,8 @@ static int send_pack(int in, int out, struct remote *remote, int nr_refspec, cha
 		return -1;
 
 	if (!remote_refs) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "No refs in common and none specified; doing nothing.\n");
+		fprintf(stderr, "No refs in common and none specified; doing nothing.\n"
+			"Perhaps you should specify a branch such as 'master'.\n");
 		return 0;
 	}
 

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -204,7 +204,8 @@ static int send_pack(int in, int out, struct remote *remote, int nr_refspec, cha`
`204`	`204`	`return -1;`
`205`	`205`
`206`	`206`	`if (!remote_refs) {`
`207`		`- fprintf(stderr, "No refs in common and none specified; doing nothing.\n");`
	`207`	`+ fprintf(stderr, "No refs in common and none specified; doing nothing.\n"`
	`208`	`+ "Perhaps you should specify a branch such as 'master'.\n");`
`208`	`209`	`return 0;`
`209`	`210`	`}`
`210`	`211`