Add support for "import" helper command

diff --git a/builtin-describe.c b/builtin-describe.c
index df67a733ae5c91b0b4278c31c12a7432c0ec601e..eaa8a9d229c97ebaab9ee3aa09d2456f68cd172c 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin-describe.c
+++ b/builtin-describe.c
@@ -180,7 +180,6 @@ static void describe(const char *arg, int last_one)
        unsigned char sha1[20];
        struct commit *cmit, *gave_up_on = NULL;
        struct commit_list *list;
-       static int initialized = 0;
        struct commit_name *n;
        struct possible_tag all_matches[MAX_TAGS];
        unsigned int match_cnt = 0, annotated_cnt = 0, cur_match;
@@ -192,14 +191,6 @@ static void describe(const char *arg, int last_one)
        if (!cmit)
                die("%s is not a valid '%s' object", arg, commit_type);
 
-       if (!initialized) {
-               initialized = 1;
-               for_each_ref(get_name, NULL);
-       }
-
-       if (!found_names)
-               die("cannot describe '%s'", sha1_to_hex(sha1));
-
        n = cmit->util;
        if (n) {
                /*
@@ -359,6 +350,10 @@ int cmd_describe(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
                return cmd_name_rev(i + argc, args, prefix);
        }
 
+       for_each_ref(get_name, NULL);
+       if (!found_names && !always)
+               die("No names found, cannot describe anything.");
+
        if (argc == 0) {
                describe("HEAD", 1);
        } else {