builtin-merge: show user-friendly error messages for fast-forward too.

[git.git] / builtin-merge.c

diff --git a/builtin-merge.c b/builtin-merge.c
index 82b546689c500649285ea2c7825171f572c3758e..56ecc682399b8bf80e29fadf86e057139b9ff0f4 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin-merge.c
+++ b/builtin-merge.c
@@ -358,6 +358,7 @@ static void merge_name(const char *remote, struct strbuf *msg)
        struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
        struct strbuf bname = STRBUF_INIT;
        const char *ptr;
+       char *found_ref;
        int len, early;
 
        strbuf_branchname(&bname, remote);
@@ -368,14 +369,17 @@ static void merge_name(const char *remote, struct strbuf *msg)
        if (!remote_head)
                die("'%s' does not point to a commit", remote);
 
-       strbuf_addstr(&buf, "refs/heads/");
-       strbuf_addstr(&buf, remote);
-       resolve_ref(buf.buf, branch_head, 0, NULL);
-
-       if (!hashcmp(remote_head->sha1, branch_head)) {
-               strbuf_addf(msg, "%s\t\tbranch '%s' of .\n",
-                       sha1_to_hex(branch_head), remote);
-               goto cleanup;
+       if (dwim_ref(remote, strlen(remote), branch_head, &found_ref) > 0) {
+               if (!prefixcmp(found_ref, "refs/heads/")) {
+                       strbuf_addf(msg, "%s\t\tbranch '%s' of .\n",
+                                   sha1_to_hex(branch_head), remote);
+                       goto cleanup;
+               }
+               if (!prefixcmp(found_ref, "refs/remotes/")) {
+                       strbuf_addf(msg, "%s\t\tremote branch '%s' of .\n",
+                                   sha1_to_hex(branch_head), remote);
+                       goto cleanup;
+               }
        }
 
        /* See if remote matches <name>^^^.. or <name>~<number> */
@@ -594,7 +598,7 @@ static int try_merge_strategy(const char *strategy, struct commit_list *common,
                discard_cache();
                if (read_cache() < 0)
                        die("failed to read the cache");
-               return -ret;
+               return ret;
        }
 }
 
@@ -646,6 +650,7 @@ static int checkout_fast_forward(unsigned char *head, unsigned char *remote)
        opts.verbose_update = 1;
        opts.merge = 1;
        opts.fn = twoway_merge;
+       opts.msgs = get_porcelain_error_msgs();
 
        trees[nr_trees] = parse_tree_indirect(head);
        if (!trees[nr_trees++])