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Diffstat (limited to 'builtin/branch.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | builtin/branch.c | 8 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/builtin/branch.c b/builtin/branch.c index b3cbb7fd44..8c2305ad2c 100644 --- a/builtin/branch.c +++ b/builtin/branch.c @@ -582,8 +582,12 @@ static void copy_or_rename_branch(const char *oldname, const char *newname, int */ if (ref_exists(oldref.buf)) recovery = 1; - else - die(_("invalid branch name: '%s'"), oldname); + else { + int code = die_message(_("invalid branch name: '%s'"), oldname); + advise_if_enabled(ADVICE_REF_SYNTAX, + _("See `man git check-ref-format`")); + exit(code); + } } for (int i = 0; worktrees[i]; i++) { |