diff --git a/send-pack.c b/send-pack.c
index 5e127a1b7b33bdc9aaafc80873c5c987573566bd..b74fd454f2f09d23ffde7db015d4a7458dfcd348 100644 (file)
--- a/send-pack.c
+++ b/send-pack.c
@@ -297,9 +297,9 @@ static int send_pack(int in, int out, struct remote *remote, int nr_refspec, cha
* commits at the remote end and likely
* we were not up to date to begin with.
*/
- error("remote '%s' is not a strict "
- "subset of local ref '%s'. "
- "maybe you are not up-to-date and "
+ error("remote '%s' is not an ancestor of\n"
+ " local '%s'.\n"
+ " Maybe you are not up-to-date and "
"need to pull first?",
ref->name,
ref->peer_ref->name);