X-Git-Url: https://git.tokkee.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=git-filter-branch.sh;h=20f6f5175070f62ab74eda4839c637afe1004d49;hb=1f553918a8482ea792e8cd4d5d2c75fe60f68aae;hp=9a09ba138244b1665de78e94ce12fb8fdb878758;hpb=5f7b3383106d4dc8b9556d52e8fabd8d468c994a;p=git.git

diff --git a/git-filter-branch.sh b/git-filter-branch.sh
index 9a09ba138..20f6f5175 100755
--- a/git-filter-branch.sh
+++ b/git-filter-branch.sh
@@ -232,7 +232,9 @@ while read sha1 type name
 do
 	case "$force,$name" in
 	,$orig_namespace*)
-		die "Namespace $orig_namespace not empty"
+		die "Cannot create a new backup.
+A previous backup already exists in $orig_namespace
+Force overwriting the backup with -f"
 	;;
 	t,$orig_namespace*)
 		git update-ref -d "$name" $sha1