From: Andrew Clausen <clausen@econ.upenn.edu>
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 21:16:05 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: helpful error message when send-pack finds no refs in common.
X-Git-Tag: v1.5.3.5~42
X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=7e23b06d5972ebf6377380b2dba97aeea9b7c02d;p=git.git

helpful error message when send-pack finds no refs in common.

Signed-off-by: Andrew Clausen <clausen@econ.upenn.edu>
Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
---

diff --git a/send-pack.c b/send-pack.c
index 9fc8a812f..fd985ed28 100644
--- a/send-pack.c
+++ b/send-pack.c
@@ -204,7 +204,8 @@ static int send_pack(int in, int out, struct remote *remote, int nr_refspec, cha
 		return -1;
 
 	if (!remote_refs) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "No refs in common and none specified; doing nothing.\n");
+		fprintf(stderr, "No refs in common and none specified; doing nothing.\n"
+			"Perhaps you should specify a branch such as 'master'.\n");
 		return 0;
 	}