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Diffstat (limited to 'builtin/checkout.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | builtin/checkout.c | 13 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/builtin/checkout.c b/builtin/checkout.c index 8c93c55cbc..baa027455a 100644 --- a/builtin/checkout.c +++ b/builtin/checkout.c @@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ #include "resolve-undo.h" #include "submodule-config.h" #include "submodule.h" +#include "advice.h" static const char * const checkout_usage[] = { N_("git checkout [<options>] <branch>"), @@ -1267,6 +1268,18 @@ int cmd_checkout(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) UNLEAK(opts); if (opts.patch_mode || opts.pathspec.nr) { int ret = checkout_paths(&opts, new_branch_info.name); + if (ret && dwim_remotes_matched > 1 && + advice_checkout_ambiguous_remote_branch_name) + advise(_("'%s' matched more than one remote tracking branch.\n" + "We found %d remotes with a reference that matched. So we fell back\n" + "on trying to resolve the argument as a path, but failed there too!\n" + "\n" + "If you meant to check out a remote tracking branch on, e.g. 'origin',\n" + "you can do so by fully qualifying the name with the --track option:\n" + "\n" + " git checkout --track origin/<name>"), + argv[0], + dwim_remotes_matched); return ret; } else { return checkout_branch(&opts, &new_branch_info); |