git-branch -D: make it work even when on a yet-to-be-born branch

diff --git a/git-revert.sh b/git-revert.sh
index 4fd81b6ed60e5877df85c1052057b0ad5410f4fe..6eab3c72df0db0994a352836018a7fc35ba1eae3 100755 (executable)
--- a/git-revert.sh
+++ b/git-revert.sh
@@ -145,9 +145,18 @@ git-read-tree -m -u --aggressive $base $head $next &&
 result=$(git-write-tree 2>/dev/null) || {
     echo >&2 "Simple $me fails; trying Automatic $me."
     git-merge-index -o git-merge-one-file -a || {
+           mv -f .msg "$GIT_DIR/MERGE_MSG"
+           {
+               echo '
+Conflicts:
+'
+               git ls-files --unmerged |
+               sed -e 's/^[^   ]*      /       /' |
+               uniq
+           } >>"$GIT_DIR/MERGE_MSG"
            echo >&2 "Automatic $me failed.  After resolving the conflicts,"
            echo >&2 "mark the corrected paths with 'git-update-index <paths>'"
-           echo >&2 "and commit with 'git commit -F .msg'"
+           echo >&2 "and commit the result."
            case "$me" in
            cherry-pick)
                echo >&2 "You may choose to use the following when making"