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diff --git a/git-parse-remote.sh b/git-parse-remote.sh index 1cc2ba6e09..be17ecbd1e 100644 --- a/git-parse-remote.sh +++ b/git-parse-remote.sh @@ -99,3 +99,41 @@ get_remote_merge_branch () { esac esac } + +error_on_missing_default_upstream () { + cmd="$1" + op_type="$2" + op_prep="$3" + example="$4" + branch_name=$(git symbolic-ref -q HEAD) + if test -z "$branch_name" + then + echo "You are not currently on a branch, so I cannot use any +'branch.<branchname>.merge' in your configuration file. +Please specify which branch you want to $op_type $op_prep on the command +line and try again (e.g. '$example'). +See git-${cmd}(1) for details." + else + echo "You asked me to $cmd without telling me which branch you +want to $op_type $op_prep, and 'branch.${branch_name#refs/heads/}.merge' in +your configuration file does not tell me, either. Please +specify which branch you want to use on the command line and +try again (e.g. '$example'). +See git-${cmd}(1) for details. + +If you often $op_type $op_prep the same branch, you may want to +use something like the following in your configuration file: + [branch \"${branch_name#refs/heads/}\"] + remote = <nickname> + merge = <remote-ref>" + test rebase = "$op_type" && + echo " rebase = true" + echo " + [remote \"<nickname>\"] + url = <url> + fetch = <refspec> + +See git-config(1) for details." + fi + exit 1 +} |