Improve error message for git-filter-branch
Tell the user that a backup (original) already exists, and how to solve this problem (with -f option) Signed-off-by: John Tapsell <johnflux@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
John Tapsell committed
Feb 19, 2009 at 07:36 UTC
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@@ -232,7 +232,9 @@ while read sha1 type name
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do
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case "$force,$name" in
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,$orig_namespace*)
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- die "Namespace $orig_namespace not empty"
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+ die "Cannot create a new backup.
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+A previous backup already exists in $orig_namespace
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+Force overwriting the backup with -f"
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;;
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t,$orig_namespace*)
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git update-ref -d "$name" $sha1