* points to something different than a branch.
*/
if (!upstream)
- return error("HEAD does not point to a branch");
- if (!upstream->merge || !upstream->merge[0]->dst)
- return error("No upstream branch found for '%s'", upstream->name);
+ return error(_("HEAD does not point to a branch"));
+ if (!upstream->merge || !upstream->merge[0]->dst) {
+ if (!ref_exists(upstream->refname))
+ return error(_("No such branch: '%s'"), cp);
+ if (!upstream->merge)
+ return error(_("No upstream configured for branch '%s'"),
+ upstream->name);
+ return error(
+ _("Upstream branch '%s' not stored as a remote-tracking branch"),
+ upstream->merge[0]->src);
+ }
free(cp);
cp = shorten_unambiguous_ref(upstream->merge[0]->dst, 0);
strbuf_reset(buf);
if (new_filename)
filename = new_filename;
ret = get_tree_entry(tree_sha1, filename, sha1, &oc->mode);
- if (only_to_die) {
+ if (ret && only_to_die) {
diagnose_invalid_sha1_path(prefix, filename,
tree_sha1, object_name);
free(object_name);