Re: [PATCH 5/5] pull: abort by default when fast-forwarding is not possible

[Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>]

Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 15 2021, Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget wrote:

> >  int cmd_pull(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
> > @@ -1074,9 +1074,8 @@ int cmd_pull(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
> >  		if (opt_ff) {
> >  			if (!strcmp(opt_ff, "--ff-only"))
> >  				die_ff_impossible();
> > -		} else {
> > -			if (rebase_unspecified && opt_verbosity >= 0)
> > -				show_advice_pull_non_ff();
> > +		} else if (rebase_unspecified) {
> > +			die_pull_non_ff();
> >  		}
> 
> Here we should:
> 
>     show_advice_pull_non_ff();
>     die(_("some much briefer summary"))
> 
> I.e. we should not being showing giantic advice-y die() messages, the
> die messages should always be brief, but we might also show advice just
> before dying.

Indeed, just like my proposal does:

		diverging_advice();
		die(_("The pull was not fast-forward, either merge or rebase.\n"));

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Felipe Contreras