Merge branch 'jk/maint-cvsimport-fix' into maint

[git.git] / git-pull.sh

diff --git a/git-pull.sh b/git-pull.sh
index 5e96d1f228da506b11452abec70e7c50d8907733..74bfc16744d69d8394f89b6f77d81697a8336032 100755 (executable)
--- a/git-pull.sh
+++ b/git-pull.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ test -z "$(git ls-files -u)" ||
        die "You are in the middle of a conflicted merge."
 
 strategy_args= no_summary= no_commit= squash=
-while case "$#,$1" in 0) break ;; *,-*) ;; *) break ;; esac
+while :
 do
        case "$1" in
        -n|--n|--no|--no-|--no-s|--no-su|--no-sum|--no-summ|\
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ do
        -h|--h|--he|--hel|--help)
                usage
                ;;
-       -*)
-               # Pass thru anything that is meant for fetch.
+       *)
+               # Pass thru anything that may be meant for fetch.
                break
                ;;
        esac
@@ -97,10 +97,24 @@ case "$merge_head" in
        esac
        curr_branch=${curr_branch#refs/heads/}
 
-       echo >&2 "Warning: No merge candidate found because value of config option
-         \"branch.${curr_branch}.merge\" does not match any remote branch fetched."
-       echo >&2 "No changes."
-       exit 0
+       echo >&2 "You asked me to pull without telling me which branch you"
+       echo >&2 "want to merge with, and 'branch.${curr_branch}.merge' in"
+       echo >&2 "your configuration file does not tell me either.  Please"
+       echo >&2 "name which branch you want to merge on the command line and"
+       echo >&2 "try again (e.g. 'git pull <repository> <refspec>')."
+       echo >&2 "See git-pull(1) for details on the refspec."
+       echo >&2
+       echo >&2 "If you often merge with the same branch, you may want to"
+       echo >&2 "configure the following variables in your configuration"
+       echo >&2 "file:"
+       echo >&2
+       echo >&2 "    branch.${curr_branch}.remote = <nickname>"
+       echo >&2 "    branch.${curr_branch}.merge = <remote-ref>"
+       echo >&2 "    remote.<nickname>.url = <url>"
+       echo >&2 "    remote.<nickname>.fetch = <refspec>"
+       echo >&2
+       echo >&2 "See git-config(1) for details."
+       exit 1
        ;;
 ?*' '?*)
        if test -z "$orig_head"