[PATCH] Remove total confusion from "git checkout"

The target to check out does not need to be a branch. The _result_ of the
checkout needs to be a branch. Don't confuse the two, and then insult the
user.

Insulting is ok, but I personally get really pissed off is a tool is both
confused and insulting. At least be _correct_ and insulting.

Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>

diff --git a/git-checkout.sh b/git-checkout.sh
index e02c7afbaed52e83a01a68a65ff950b07c04f839..37afcdda309ca8df52bb5033e5e7f0b771dfa067 100755 (executable)
--- a/git-checkout.sh
+++ b/git-checkout.sh
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ while [ "$#" != "0" ]; do
                ;;
        *)
                rev=$(git-rev-parse --verify "$arg^0" 2>/dev/null) ||
-                       die "hey dummy, branch '$arg' doesn't exist."
+                       die "I don't know any '$arg'."
                if [ -z "$rev" ]; then
                        echo "unknown flag $arg"
                        exit 1