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Commit:
f25e229e88a01c4a65fa80f4d5e35cd34309cbf9
From:
Stefan Sperling <stsp@stsp.name>
Date:
Message:
reword user-facing error message which mentions "fast-forward" For user-facing messages it is better to avoid technical jargon like this and instead spell out what the fast-forward situation implies: that one branch is already based on another. ok jamsek
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commit - 9c8a62dba4cf8662616c66f8fa0c53d1000ecf40
commit + f25e229e88a01c4a65fa80f4d5e35cd34309cbf9
blob - 4c6ca7ff2f76eaa431b055ab0a6912772b492b38
blob + 5348f3e02299f72518fb1fae98ac8eb68f013b85
--- got/got.c
+++ got/got.c
@@ -13329,9 +13329,11 @@ cmd_merge(int argc, char *argv[])
 		if (yca_id && got_object_id_cmp(wt_branch_tip, yca_id) == 0) {
 			struct got_pathlist_head paths;
 			if (interrupt_merge) {
-				error = got_error_msg(GOT_ERR_SAME_BRANCH,
-				    "merge is a fast-forward; this is "
-				    "incompatible with got merge -n");
+				error = got_error_fmt(GOT_ERR_BAD_OPTION,
+				    "there are no changes to merge since %s "
+				    "is already based on %s; merge cannot be "
+				    "interrupted for amending; -n",
+				    branch_name, got_ref_get_name(wt_branch));
 				goto done;
 			}
 			printf("Forwarding %s to %s\n",
blob - c7c5ce296704a7d0c3345092eccebd5837fcd453
blob + 6ca6d041c1b17b5198707cc33b19f9fefccf07e0
--- include/got_error.h
+++ include/got_error.h
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@
 #define GOT_ERR_BAD_TAG_SIGNATURE 154
 #define GOT_ERR_VERIFY_TAG_SIGNATURE 155
 #define GOT_ERR_SIGNING_TAG	156
-/* 157 is currently unused */
+#define GOT_ERR_BAD_OPTION 157
 #define GOT_ERR_BAD_QUERYSTRING	158
 #define GOT_ERR_INTEGRATE_BRANCH 159
 #define GOT_ERR_BAD_REQUEST	160
blob - 765efe263e09f28dfd6b925eaa64ee0ffe226a3b
blob + 14daf3a57c9be57d4f707ce25da1a357e09ada88
--- lib/error.c
+++ lib/error.c
@@ -217,6 +217,7 @@ static const struct got_error got_errors[] = {
 	{ GOT_ERR_BAD_TAG_SIGNATURE, "invalid tag signature" },
 	{ GOT_ERR_VERIFY_TAG_SIGNATURE, "cannot verify signature" },
 	{ GOT_ERR_SIGNING_TAG, "unable to sign tag" },
+	{ GOT_ERR_BAD_OPTION, "option cannot be used" },
 	{ GOT_ERR_BAD_QUERYSTRING, "invalid query string" },
 	{ GOT_ERR_INTEGRATE_BRANCH, "will not integrate into a reference "
 	    "outside the \"refs/heads/\" reference namespace" },
blob - 0531f8b1f57c1f50521b6ec8c350bb9da1bebaf4
blob + b1980ee2c0e36130e8066d6897401ba97642d4a4
--- regress/cmdline/merge.sh
+++ regress/cmdline/merge.sh
@@ -415,9 +415,16 @@ test_merge_forward() {
 		test_done "$testroot" "1"
 		return 1
 	fi
-	echo -n "got: merge is a fast-forward; " > $testroot/stderr.expected 
-	echo "this is incompatible with got merge -n" \
+
+	echo -n "got: there are no changes to merge since " \
+		> $testroot/stderr.expected
+	echo -n "refs/heads/newbranch is already based on " \
 		>> $testroot/stderr.expected
+	echo -n "refs/heads/master; merge cannot be interrupted " \
+		>> $testroot/stderr.expected
+	echo "for amending; -n: option cannot be used" \
+		>> $testroot/stderr.expected
+
 	cmp -s $testroot/stderr.expected $testroot/stderr
 	ret=$?
 	if [ $ret -ne 0 ]; then