transport-helper.c::push_refs(): emit "no refs" error message

Emit an error message when remote_refs is not set.

This behaviour is consistent with that of builtin-send-pack.c and
http-push.c.

Signed-off-by: Tay Ray Chuan <rctay89@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

diff --git a/transport-helper.c b/transport-helper.c
index 71a1e50ee712dfeedd0928afc22fbc0e6f855d73..8c0b575f322c56c701448adc7acc976575e1ad98 100644 (file)
--- a/transport-helper.c
+++ b/transport-helper.c
@@ -321,8 +321,11 @@ static int push_refs(struct transport *transport,
        struct child_process *helper;
        struct ref *ref;
 
-       if (!remote_refs)
+       if (!remote_refs) {
+               fprintf(stderr, "No refs in common and none specified; doing nothing.\n"
+                       "Perhaps you should specify a branch such as 'master'.\n");
                return 0;
+       }
 
        helper = get_helper(transport);
        if (!data->push)