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authorJunio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>2005-12-22 12:39:39 -0800
committerJunio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>2005-12-22 12:39:39 -0800
commit69310a34cb6dcca32b08cf3ea9e91ab19354a874 (patch)
treeec479739306acda64f72421ac37c2ef79c8f880d /send-pack.c
parent7246ed438c541650c2cd50e4e98b43226f60da0c (diff)
downloadgit-69310a34cb6dcca32b08cf3ea9e91ab19354a874.tar.gz
send-pack: reword non-fast-forward error message.
Wnen refusing to push a head, we said cryptic "remote 'branch' object X does not exist on local" or "remote ref 'branch' is not a strict subset of local ref 'branch'". That was gittish. Since the most likely reason this happens is because the pushed head was not up-to-date, clarify the error message to say that straight, and suggest pulling first. First noticed by Johannes and seconded by Andreas. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'send-pack.c')
-rw-r--r--send-pack.c30
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/send-pack.c b/send-pack.c
index 5bc2f017bc..0d41f9a178 100644
--- a/send-pack.c
+++ b/send-pack.c
@@ -231,23 +231,21 @@ static int send_pack(int in, int out, int nr_refspec, char **refspec)
if (!force_update &&
!is_zero_sha1(ref->old_sha1) &&
!ref->force) {
- if (!has_sha1_file(ref->old_sha1)) {
- error("remote '%s' object %s does not "
- "exist on local",
- ref->name, sha1_to_hex(ref->old_sha1));
- ret = -2;
- continue;
- }
-
- /* We assume that local is fsck-clean. Otherwise
- * you _could_ have an old tag which points at
- * something you do not have, which may or may not
- * be a commit.
- */
- if (!ref_newer(ref->peer_ref->new_sha1,
+ if (!has_sha1_file(ref->old_sha1) ||
+ !ref_newer(ref->peer_ref->new_sha1,
ref->old_sha1)) {
- error("remote ref '%s' is not a strict "
- "subset of local ref '%s'.", ref->name,
+ /* We do not have the remote ref, or
+ * we know that the remote ref is not
+ * an ancestor of what we are trying to
+ * push. Either way this can be losing
+ * commits at the remote end and likely
+ * we were not up to date to begin with.
+ */
+ error("remote '%s' is not a strict "
+ "subset of local ref '%s'. "
+ "maybe you are not up-to-date and "
+ "need to pull first?",
+ ref->name,
ref->peer_ref->name);
ret = -2;
continue;