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Johannes Sixt 34840db834 rebase: do not print lots of usage hints after an obvious error message
When a non-existent branch was specified to be rebased, the complete
usage information is printed after the error message that carries the
relevant piece of information:

   $ git rebase master topci
   fatal: no such branch: topci
   usage: git rebase [-i] [options] [--onto <newbase>] [<upstream>] [<branch>]
      or: git rebase [-i] [options] --onto <newbase> --root [<branch>]
      or: git-rebase [-i] --continue | --abort | --skip

   Available options are
   [30 lines of usage stripped]

The error message was introduced recently by 4ac5356c (rebase: give a
better error message for bogus branch, 2011-01-27), and the result was
acceptable because the usage text was just two lines. But 45e2acf3
(rebase: define options in OPTIONS_SPEC, 2011-02-28) made things worse
because the usage text is now 35 lines.

Just drop the usage information because it does not add value to the
error message.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
Acked-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-06-29 16:32:09 -07:00
block-sha1
builtin Merge branch 'jc/fsck-fixes' 2011-02-09 16:41:17 -08:00
compat Merge branch 'rj/msvc-fix' 2010-12-16 12:55:36 -08:00
contrib Merge branch 'jn/cherry-pick-strategy-option' 2011-02-09 16:41:16 -08:00
Documentation rebase: use @{upstream} if no upstream specified 2011-02-10 14:45:25 -08:00
git_remote_helpers
git-gui
gitk-git Merge branch 'maint' 2011-01-08 23:48:47 -08:00
gitweb gitweb: Mention optional Perl modules in INSTALL 2011-02-07 14:29:15 -08:00
perl
ppc
t rebase: use @{upstream} if no upstream specified 2011-02-10 14:45:25 -08:00
templates
vcs-svn svndump.c: Fix a printf format compiler warning 2011-01-18 16:48:47 -08:00
xdiff
.gitattributes
.gitignore rebase: extract am code to new source file 2011-02-10 14:08:09 -08:00
.mailmap
abspath.c
aclocal.m4
advice.c
advice.h
alias.c
alloc.c
archive-tar.c
archive-zip.c
archive.c
archive.h
attr.c
attr.h
base85.c
bisect.c
bisect.h
blob.c
blob.h
branch.c
branch.h
builtin.h Merge branch 'il/remote-fd-ext' 2010-12-08 11:24:14 -08:00
bundle.c bundle: Use OFS_DELTA in bundle files 2011-02-06 22:50:26 -08:00
bundle.h
cache-tree.c
cache-tree.h
cache.h Merge branch 'nd/setup' 2010-12-28 11:26:55 -08:00
check_bindir
check-builtins.sh
check-racy.c
color.c default color.status.branch to "same as header" 2010-12-10 12:59:52 -08:00
color.h default color.status.branch to "same as header" 2010-12-10 12:59:52 -08:00
combine-diff.c
command-list.txt
commit.c Add const to parse_{commit,tag}_buffer() 2011-02-07 15:04:42 -08:00
commit.h Add const to parse_{commit,tag}_buffer() 2011-02-07 15:04:42 -08:00
config.c Merge branch 'nd/setup' 2010-12-28 11:26:55 -08:00
config.mak.in Merge branch 'jk/asciidoc-update' 2010-12-12 21:49:51 -08:00
configure.ac Merge branch 'jk/asciidoc-update' 2010-12-12 21:49:51 -08:00
connect.c
convert.c convert filter: supply path to external driver 2010-12-22 10:19:32 -08:00
copy.c
COPYING
csum-file.c
csum-file.h
ctype.c
daemon.c daemon: support <directory> arguments again 2011-01-04 11:23:42 -08:00
date.c
decorate.c
decorate.h
delta.h
diff-delta.c
diff-lib.c
diff-no-index.c
diff.c Merge branch 'ks/blame-worktree-textconv-cached' 2010-12-21 14:30:52 -08:00
diff.h
diffcore-break.c
diffcore-delta.c
diffcore-order.c
diffcore-pickaxe.c
diffcore-rename.c
diffcore.h
dir.c Merge branch 'nd/maint-relative' into maint 2011-01-19 08:25:31 -08:00
dir.h Merge branch 'nd/maint-fix-add-typo-detection' 2010-12-22 14:40:26 -08:00
editor.c
entry.c entry.c: remove "checkout-index" from error messages 2010-11-29 14:03:07 -08:00
environment.c Merge branch 'nd/setup' 2010-12-28 11:26:55 -08:00
exec_cmd.c exec_cmd: remove unused extern 2011-01-19 08:27:22 -08:00
exec_cmd.h
fast-import.c Merge branch 'rr/fi-import-marks-if-exists' 2011-02-09 16:41:16 -08:00
fetch-pack.h
fixup-builtins
fsck.c
fsck.h
generate-cmdlist.sh
git-add--interactive.perl Merge branch 'jl/add-p-reverse-message' into maint 2010-12-09 10:36:47 -08:00
git-am.sh Merge branch 'jc/maint-rebase-rewrite-last-skip' into maint 2010-12-28 13:43:10 -08:00
git-archimport.perl
git-bisect.sh
git-compat-util.h Merge branch 'jn/thinner-wrapper' 2010-12-03 16:13:06 -08:00
git-cvsexportcommit.perl
git-cvsimport.perl Merge branch 'mg/cvsimport' 2011-01-05 13:30:29 -08:00
git-cvsserver.perl
git-difftool--helper.sh difftool: provide basename to external tools 2010-12-16 13:01:36 -08:00
git-difftool.perl difftool: Fix failure on Cygwin 2010-12-14 11:13:41 -08:00
git-filter-branch.sh
git-instaweb.sh
git-lost-found.sh
git-merge-octopus.sh
git-merge-one-file.sh
git-merge-resolve.sh
git-mergetool--lib.sh
git-mergetool.sh
git-parse-remote.sh rebase: use @{upstream} if no upstream specified 2011-02-10 14:45:25 -08:00
git-pull.sh rebase: use @{upstream} if no upstream specified 2011-02-10 14:45:25 -08:00
git-quiltimport.sh
git-rebase--am.sh git-rebase--am: remove unnecessary --3way option 2011-02-10 14:08:10 -08:00
git-rebase--interactive.sh Makefile: do not install sourced rebase scripts 2011-02-25 12:19:41 -08:00
git-rebase--merge.sh rebase -m: don't print exit code 2 when merge fails 2011-02-10 14:08:09 -08:00
git-rebase.sh rebase: do not print lots of usage hints after an obvious error message 2011-06-29 16:32:09 -07:00
git-relink.perl Merge branch 'ab/require-perl-5.8' into maint 2010-12-09 10:35:21 -08:00
git-remote-testgit.py
git-repack.sh
git-request-pull.sh
git-send-email.perl Merge branch 'ab/require-perl-5.8' into maint 2010-12-09 10:35:21 -08:00
git-sh-setup.sh
git-stash.sh
git-submodule.sh Merge branch 'tr/submodule-relative-scp-url' into maint 2011-01-19 08:26:41 -08:00
git-svn.perl git-svn: allow the mergeinfo property to be set 2010-12-10 04:09:48 +08:00
GIT-VERSION-GEN Git 1.7.4 2011-01-30 19:02:37 -08:00
git-web--browse.sh web--browse: better support for chromium 2010-12-03 14:05:32 -08:00
git.c alias: use run_command api to execute aliases 2011-01-06 16:29:49 -08:00
git.spec.in
graph.c
graph.h
grep.c
grep.h
hash.c
hash.h
help.c help: always suggest common-cmds if prefix of cmd 2010-12-05 12:15:12 -08:00
help.h
hex.c
http-backend.c
http-fetch.c http-fetch: rework url handling 2010-11-26 14:50:46 -08:00
http-push.c http-push: add trailing slash at arg-parse time, instead of later on 2010-11-26 14:50:46 -08:00
http-walker.c
http.c Merge branch 'tc/http-urls-ends-with-slash' into maint 2010-12-14 07:36:10 -08:00
http.h
ident.c ident: die on bogus date format 2010-12-20 10:28:19 -08:00
imap-send.c
INSTALL
levenshtein.c
levenshtein.h
list-objects.c
list-objects.h
ll-merge.c ll-merge: simplify opts == NULL case 2011-01-15 20:34:14 -08:00
ll-merge.h
lockfile.c
log-tree.c
log-tree.h
mailmap.c
mailmap.h
Makefile Makefile: do not install sourced rebase scripts 2011-02-25 12:19:41 -08:00
match-trees.c
merge-file.c
merge-recursive.c Merge branch 'en/merge-recursive' 2010-11-29 17:52:35 -08:00
merge-recursive.h cherry-pick/revert: add support for -X/--strategy-option 2010-12-28 11:27:56 -08:00
name-hash.c
notes-cache.c
notes-cache.h
notes-merge.c
notes-merge.h
notes.c Merge branch 'jh/notes-merge' 2010-12-08 11:24:12 -08:00
notes.h Merge branch 'jh/notes-merge' 2010-12-08 11:24:12 -08:00
object.c
object.h
pack-check.c
pack-refs.c
pack-refs.h
pack-revindex.c
pack-revindex.h
pack-write.c
pack.h
pager.c
parse-options.c parse-options: make resuming easier after PARSE_OPT_STOP_AT_NON_OPTION 2010-12-07 14:19:32 -08:00
parse-options.h Merge branch 'jn/parse-options-extra' 2010-12-12 21:49:53 -08:00
patch-delta.c
patch-ids.c
patch-ids.h
path.c
pkt-line.c
pkt-line.h
preload-index.c
pretty.c
progress.c
progress.h
quote.c
quote.h quote.h: simplify the inclusion 2011-02-07 15:15:17 -08:00
reachable.c
reachable.h
read-cache.c Merge branch 'jj/icase-directory' 2010-12-03 16:10:34 -08:00
README
reflog-walk.c Merge branch 'jk/maint-reflog-bottom' into maint 2010-12-14 07:35:50 -08:00
reflog-walk.h
refs.c
refs.h
RelNotes Prepare for 1.7.3.5 2010-12-28 13:48:54 -08:00
remote-curl.c
remote.c
remote.h
replace_object.c
rerere.c
rerere.h
resolve-undo.c
resolve-undo.h
revision.c Merge branch 'tf/commit-list-prefix' 2010-12-22 14:40:17 -08:00
revision.h
run-command.c start_command: flush buffers in the WIN32 code path as well 2011-02-07 14:18:56 -08:00
run-command.h
send-pack.h
server-info.c
setup.c Merge branch 'cb/setup' 2011-02-09 16:41:16 -08:00
sha1_file.c sha1_object_info: examine cached_object store too 2011-02-07 15:05:48 -08:00
sha1_name.c Merge branch 'tf/commit-list-prefix' 2010-12-22 14:40:17 -08:00
sha1-lookup.c
sha1-lookup.h
shallow.c
shell.c
shortlog.h
show-index.c
sideband.c
sideband.h
sigchain.c
sigchain.h
strbuf.c
strbuf.h
string-list.c
string-list.h
submodule.c fetch_populated_submodules(): document dynamic allocation 2010-12-09 23:42:05 -08:00
submodule.h
symlinks.c do not overwrite files in leading path 2010-12-14 08:55:12 -08:00
tag.c Add const to parse_{commit,tag}_buffer() 2011-02-07 15:04:42 -08:00
tag.h Add const to parse_{commit,tag}_buffer() 2011-02-07 15:04:42 -08:00
tar.h
test-chmtime.c
test-ctype.c
test-date.c
test-delta.c
test-dump-cache-tree.c
test-genrandom.c
test-index-version.c
test-line-buffer.c
test-match-trees.c
test-mktemp.c Improve error messages when temporary file creation fails 2010-12-21 19:51:17 -08:00
test-obj-pool.c
test-parse-options.c
test-path-utils.c
test-run-command.c
test-sha1.c
test-sha1.sh
test-sigchain.c
test-string-pool.c
test-subprocess.c setup_work_tree: adjust relative $GIT_WORK_TREE after moving cwd 2010-12-27 08:34:19 -08:00
test-svn-fe.c
test-treap.c treap: make treap_insert return inserted node 2010-12-07 16:03:55 -08:00
thread-utils.c
thread-utils.h thread-utils.h: simplify the inclusion 2010-12-10 12:58:06 -08:00
trace.c trace.c: ensure NULL is not passed to printf 2011-01-06 12:21:49 -08:00
transport-helper.c thread-utils.h: simplify the inclusion 2010-12-10 12:58:06 -08:00
transport.c
transport.h
tree-diff.c
tree-walk.c
tree-walk.h
tree.c
tree.h
unimplemented.sh
unpack-trees.c Merge branch 'jc/unpack-trees' 2011-02-09 16:41:17 -08:00
unpack-trees.h use persistent memory for rejected paths 2010-12-14 08:55:13 -08:00
upload-pack.c commit: Add commit_list prefix in two function names. 2010-11-29 14:01:52 -08:00
url.c
url.h
usage.c
userdiff.c Merge branch 'tr/diff-words-test' 2011-02-09 16:41:17 -08:00
userdiff.h
utf8.c
utf8.h
walker.c commit: Add commit_list prefix in two function names. 2010-11-29 14:01:52 -08:00
walker.h
wrap-for-bin.sh
wrapper.c Improve error messages when temporary file creation fails 2010-12-21 19:51:17 -08:00
write_or_die.c
ws.c Make the tab width used for whitespace checks configurable 2010-12-01 14:47:51 -08:00
wt-status.c Merge branch 'aa/status-hilite-branch' 2010-12-16 12:50:03 -08:00
wt-status.h status: show branchname with a configurable color 2010-11-29 16:31:34 -08:00
xdiff-interface.c Merge branch 'rs/maint-diff-fd-leak' into maint 2010-12-26 11:18:39 -08:00
xdiff-interface.h
zlib.c

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