Give better advice when trying to merge a branch that doesn't exist. If
the branch exists in any remotes, display a list of suggestions.
Example:
$ git merge foo
fatal: foo - not something we can merge
Did you mean this?
bar/foo
Signed-off-by: Vikrant Varma <vikrant.varm...@gmail.com>
---
help.c | 44 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
help.h | 6 ++++++
2 files changed, 50 insertions(+)
diff --git a/help.c b/help.c
index 02ba043..faf18b9 100644
--- a/help.c
+++ b/help.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
#include "string-list.h"
#include "column.h"
#include "version.h"
+#include "refs.h"
void add_cmdname(struct cmdnames *cmds, const char *name, int len)
{
@@ -404,3 +405,46 @@ int cmd_version(int argc, const char **argv, const char
*prefix)
printf("git version %s\n", git_version_string);
return 0;
}
+
+struct similar_ref_cb {
+ const char *base_ref;
+ struct string_list similar_refs;
+};
+
+static int append_similar_ref(const char* refname, const unsigned char *sha1,
int flags, void *cb_data)
+{
+ int i;
+ struct similar_ref_cb *cb = (struct similar_ref_cb *)(cb_data);
+ for (i = strlen(refname); refname[i] != '/'; i--)
+ ;
+ /* A remote branch of the same name is deemed similar */
+ if (!prefixcmp(refname, "refs/remotes/") && !strcmp(refname + i + 1,
cb->base_ref))
+ string_list_append(&(cb->similar_refs), refname + 13);
+ return 0;
+}
+
+void help_unknown_ref(const char* ref) {
+ int i;
+ struct similar_ref_cb ref_cb;
+ ref_cb.similar_refs = (struct string_list)STRING_LIST_INIT_NODUP;
+ ref_cb.base_ref = ref;
+
+ for_each_ref(append_similar_ref, &ref_cb);
+
+ fprintf_ln(stderr, _("fatal: %s - not something we can merge"), ref);
+
+ if (ref_cb.similar_refs.nr > 0) {
+ fprintf_ln(stderr,
+ Q_("\nDid you mean this?",
+ "\nDid you mean one of these?",
+ ref_cb.similar_refs.nr));
+
+ for (i = 0; i < ref_cb.similar_refs.nr; i++)
+ fprintf(stderr, "\t%s\n",
ref_cb.similar_refs.items[i].string);
+ }
+ exit(1);
+}
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/help.h b/help.h
index 0ae5a12..613cb45 100644
--- a/help.h
+++ b/help.h
@@ -27,4 +27,10 @@ extern void exclude_cmds(struct cmdnames *cmds, struct
cmdnames *excludes);
extern int is_in_cmdlist(struct cmdnames *cmds, const char *name);
extern void list_commands(unsigned int colopts, struct cmdnames *main_cmds,
struct cmdnames *other_cmds);
+/*
+ * ref is not something that can be merged. Print a list of remote branches of
the
+ * same name that the user might have meant.
+ */
+extern void help_unknown_ref(const char* ref);
+
#endif /* HELP_H */
--
1.8.3-rc0
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