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authorJohn Tapsell <johnflux@gmail.com>2009-02-19 07:36:35 +0000
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2009-03-04 00:56:52 -0800
commit734cd5726cf0f16fcbdc2fc121df23814513c420 (patch)
tree6d8a3059303606ce31397193f5bebadf568ba6bc
parent50dffd4ed577ea50b540bad53950ef2b703b5be8 (diff)
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Improve error message for git-filter-branch
Tell the user that a backup (original) already exists, and how to solve this problem (with -f option) Signed-off-by: John Tapsell <johnflux@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
-rwxr-xr-xgit-filter-branch.sh4
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/git-filter-branch.sh b/git-filter-branch.sh
index 9a09ba138..20f6f5175 100755
--- a/git-filter-branch.sh
+++ b/git-filter-branch.sh
@@ -232,7 +232,9 @@ while read sha1 type name
do
case "$force,$name" in
,$orig_namespace*)
- die "Namespace $orig_namespace not empty"
+ die "Cannot create a new backup.
+A previous backup already exists in $orig_namespace
+Force overwriting the backup with -f"
;;
t,$orig_namespace*)
git update-ref -d "$name" $sha1