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1 files changed, 13 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/git-pull.sh b/git-pull.sh
index edf3ce33b..fc78592ae 100755
--- a/git-pull.sh
+++ b/git-pull.sh
@@ -90,8 +90,17 @@ error_on_no_merge_candidates () {
curr_branch=${curr_branch#refs/heads/}
upstream=$(git config "branch.$curr_branch.merge")
+ remote=$(git config "branch.$curr_branch.remote")
- if [ -z "$curr_branch" ]; then
+ if [ $# -gt 1 ]; then
+ echo "There are no candidates for merging in the refs that you just fetched."
+ echo "Generally this means that you provided a wildcard refspec which had no"
+ echo "matches on the remote end."
+ elif [ $# -gt 0 ] && [ "$1" != "$remote" ]; then
+ echo "You asked to pull from the remote '$1', but did not specify"
+ echo "a branch to merge. Because this is not the default configured remote"
+ echo "for your current branch, you must specify a branch on the command line."
+ elif [ -z "$curr_branch" ]; then
echo "You are not currently on a branch, so I cannot use any"
echo "'branch.<branchname>.merge' in your configuration file."
echo "Please specify which branch you want to merge on the command"
@@ -116,9 +125,8 @@ error_on_no_merge_candidates () {
echo
echo "See git-config(1) for details."
else
- echo "Your configuration specifies to merge the ref"
- echo "'${upstream#refs/heads/}' from the remote, but no such ref"
- echo "was fetched."
+ echo "Your configuration specifies to merge the ref '${upstream#refs/heads/}' from the"
+ echo "remote, but no such ref was fetched."
fi
exit 1
}
@@ -182,14 +190,7 @@ merge_head=$(sed -e '/ not-for-merge /d' \
case "$merge_head" in
'')
- case $? in
- 0) error_on_no_merge_candidates "$@";;
- 1) echo >&2 "You are not currently on a branch; you must explicitly"
- echo >&2 "specify which branch you wish to merge:"
- echo >&2 " git pull <remote> <branch>"
- exit 1;;
- *) exit $?;;
- esac
+ error_on_no_merge_candidates "$@"
;;
?*' '?*)
if test -z "$orig_head"