From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 19:30:46 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: [PATCH] Make git-checkout failure message more friendly.
X-Git-Tag: v0.99.7~22
X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=6b82d16bfcfffebbb5790b114063e1617d17338a;p=git.git

[PATCH] Make git-checkout failure message more friendly.

... or less so, perhaps ;-).  Suggested by Jeff Garzik.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
---

diff --git a/git-checkout.sh b/git-checkout.sh
index 4a605cd9c..e02c7afba 100755
--- a/git-checkout.sh
+++ b/git-checkout.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ while [ "$#" != "0" ]; do
 		force=1
 		;;
 	*)
-		rev=$(git-rev-parse --verify "$arg^0") || exit
+		rev=$(git-rev-parse --verify "$arg^0" 2>/dev/null) ||
+			die "hey dummy, branch '$arg' doesn't exist."
 		if [ -z "$rev" ]; then
 			echo "unknown flag $arg"
 			exit 1