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From: Alex Henrie <alexhenrie24@gmail.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org, git@matthieu-moy.fr, christiwald@gmail.com,
	john@keeping.me.uk, philipoakley@iee.email, gitster@pobox.com
Cc: Alex Henrie <alexhenrie24@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] remote: advise about force-pushing as an alternative to reconciliation
Date: Sun,  2 Jul 2023 14:08:16 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20230702200818.1038494-2-alexhenrie24@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230702200818.1038494-1-alexhenrie24@gmail.com>

Also, don't imply that `git pull` is only for merging.

Signed-off-by: Alex Henrie <alexhenrie24@gmail.com>
---
 remote.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/remote.c b/remote.c
index a81f2e2f17..161d0cfe96 100644
--- a/remote.c
+++ b/remote.c
@@ -2323,7 +2323,8 @@ int format_tracking_info(struct branch *branch, struct strbuf *sb,
 			base, ours, theirs);
 		if (advice_enabled(ADVICE_STATUS_HINTS))
 			strbuf_addstr(sb,
-				_("  (use \"git pull\" to merge the remote branch into yours)\n"));
+				_("  (use \"git pull\" to reconcile your local branch with the remote branch,\n"
+				  "  or \"git push --force\" to overwrite the remote branch with your local branch)\n"));
 	}
 	free(base);
 	return 1;
-- 
2.41.0


  reply	other threads:[~2023-07-02 20:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 45+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-07-02 20:08 [PATCH 0/2] advise about force-pushing as an alternative to reconciliation Alex Henrie
2023-07-02 20:08 ` Alex Henrie [this message]
2023-07-02 20:08 ` [PATCH 2/2] push: " Alex Henrie
2023-07-03 15:33 ` [PATCH 0/2] " Phillip Wood
2023-07-03 16:26   ` Alex Henrie
2023-07-04 21:44   ` Junio C Hamano
2023-07-04 22:24     ` Alex Henrie
2023-07-05  5:30       ` Junio C Hamano
2023-07-06  2:32         ` Alex Henrie
2023-07-04 19:47 ` [PATCH v2 " Alex Henrie
2023-07-04 19:47   ` [PATCH v2 1/2] remote: " Alex Henrie
2023-07-04 21:51     ` Junio C Hamano
2023-07-04 22:41       ` Alex Henrie
2023-07-04 19:47   ` [PATCH v2 2/2] push: " Alex Henrie
2023-07-06  4:01   ` [PATCH v3 0/2] " Alex Henrie
2023-07-06  4:01     ` [PATCH v3 1/2] remote: " Alex Henrie
2023-07-06 20:25       ` Junio C Hamano
2023-07-06 20:40         ` Junio C Hamano
2023-07-06 23:23           ` Alex Henrie
2023-07-07 17:35             ` Junio C Hamano
2023-07-07 17:52             ` Junio C Hamano
2023-07-08 18:55               ` Alex Henrie
2023-07-09  1:38                 ` Junio C Hamano
2023-07-10  4:44                   ` Alex Henrie
2023-07-11  0:55                     ` Junio C Hamano
2023-07-12  4:47                       ` Alex Henrie
2023-07-12 15:18                         ` Junio C Hamano
2023-07-13  4:09                           ` Alex Henrie
2023-07-07  8:48       ` Phillip Wood
2023-07-06  4:01     ` [PATCH v3 2/2] push: " Alex Henrie
2023-07-07  8:49       ` Phillip Wood
2023-07-07 18:44         ` Junio C Hamano
2023-07-08 18:56         ` Alex Henrie
2023-07-11 18:33           ` Phillip Wood
2023-07-12  4:47             ` Alex Henrie
2023-07-12  4:55               ` Alex Henrie
2023-07-07  5:42     ` [PATCH v4 0/2] " Alex Henrie
2023-07-07  5:42       ` [PATCH v4 1/2] remote: " Alex Henrie
2023-07-07  5:42       ` [PATCH v4 2/2] push: " Alex Henrie
2023-07-13  4:41       ` [PATCH v5 0/3] don't imply that integration is always required before pushing Alex Henrie
2023-07-13  4:41         ` [PATCH v5 1/3] wt-status: don't show divergence advice when committing Alex Henrie
2023-07-13  4:41         ` [PATCH v5 2/3] remote: don't imply that integration is always required before pushing Alex Henrie
2023-07-13  4:41         ` [PATCH v5 3/3] push: " Alex Henrie
2023-07-13  9:51         ` [PATCH v5 0/3] " Phillip Wood
2023-07-13 16:15           ` Junio C Hamano

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