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| -rw-r--r-- | setup.c | 8 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ static void NORETURN die_verify_filename(const char *prefix, { if (!diagnose_misspelt_rev) die("%s: no such path in the working tree.\n" - "Use '-- <path>...' to specify paths that do not exist locally.", + "Use 'git <command> -- <path>...' to specify paths that do not exist locally.", arg); /* * Saying "'(icase)foo' does not exist in the index" when the @@ -92,7 +92,8 @@ static void NORETURN die_verify_filename(const char *prefix, /* ... or fall back the most general message. */ die("ambiguous argument '%s': unknown revision or path not in the working tree.\n" - "Use '--' to separate paths from revisions", arg); + "Use '--' to separate paths from revisions, like this:\n" + "'git <command> [<revision>...] -- [<file>...]'", arg); } @@ -141,7 +142,8 @@ void verify_non_filename(const char *prefix, const char *arg) if (!check_filename(prefix, arg)) return; die("ambiguous argument '%s': both revision and filename\n" - "Use '--' to separate filenames from revisions", arg); + "Use '--' to separate paths from revisions, like this:\n" + "'git <command> [<revision>...] -- [<file>...]'", arg); } /* |