Merge branch 'maint'

[git.git] / git.c

diff --git a/git.c b/git.c
index b83c1d17ab803ae0fa1d6c0dece43f2c0334f23d..12d2952e079103c87b1f176f6928de4f342de9b5 100644 (file)
--- a/git.c
+++ b/git.c
@@ -188,7 +188,8 @@ static int handle_alias(int *argcp, const char ***argv)
                }
                count = split_cmdline(alias_string, &new_argv);
                if (count < 0)
-                       die("Bad alias.%s string", alias_command);
+                       die("Bad alias.%s string: %s", alias_command,
+                           split_cmdline_strerror(count));
                option_count = handle_options(&new_argv, &count, &envchanged);
                if (envchanged)
                        die("alias '%s' changes environment variables\n"