X-Git-Url: https://git.tokkee.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=git-pull.sh;h=74bfc16744d69d8394f89b6f77d81697a8336032;hb=acef41c9db33f2261e46e17cca098df3403dd745;hp=5e96d1f228da506b11452abec70e7c50d8907733;hpb=11bb2d4fa9ebc7481828c25752d8c23233b24c76;p=git.git

diff --git a/git-pull.sh b/git-pull.sh
index 5e96d1f22..74bfc1674 100755
--- 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"