helpful error message when send-pack finds no refs in common.

Signed-off-by: Andrew Clausen <clausen@econ.upenn.edu> Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
git-mirror · Oct 17, 2007 · 7e23b06 · 7e23b06
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diff --git a/send-pack.c b/send-pack.c
@@ -204,7 +204,8 @@ static int send_pack(int in, int out, struct remote *remote, int nr_refspec, cha
 		return -1;
 
 	if (!remote_refs) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "No refs in common and none specified; doing nothing.\n");
+		fprintf(stderr, "No refs in common and none specified; doing nothing.\n"
+			"Perhaps you should specify a branch such as 'master'.\n");
 		return 0;
 	}