Merge branch 'ja/do-not-ask-needless-questions' into maint

diff --git a/builtin/checkout.c b/builtin/checkout.c
index 3ecc47bec07b47f3452b4744f0e7482681e61748..85c04d252ce9b7c6d608b3c989783d1b8d9f85ec 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin/checkout.c
+++ b/builtin/checkout.c
@@ -908,11 +908,10 @@ static int check_tracking_name(struct remote *remote, void *cb_data)
 static const char *unique_tracking_name(const char *name, struct object_id *oid)
 {
        struct tracking_name_data cb_data = { NULL, NULL, NULL, 1 };
-       char src_ref[PATH_MAX];
-       snprintf(src_ref, PATH_MAX, "refs/heads/%s", name);
-       cb_data.src_ref = src_ref;
+       cb_data.src_ref = xstrfmt("refs/heads/%s", name);
        cb_data.dst_oid = oid;
        for_each_remote(check_tracking_name, &cb_data);
+       free(cb_data.src_ref);
        if (cb_data.unique)
                return cb_data.dst_ref;
        free(cb_data.dst_ref);
@@ -1287,9 +1286,8 @@ int cmd_checkout(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
                 * new_branch && argc > 1 will be caught later.
                 */
                if (opts.new_branch && argc == 1)
-                       die(_("Cannot update paths and switch to branch '%s' at the same time.\n"
-                             "Did you intend to checkout '%s' which can not be resolved as commit?"),
-                           opts.new_branch, argv[0]);
+                       die(_("'%s' is not a commit and a branch '%s' cannot be created from it"),
+                               argv[0], opts.new_branch);
 
                if (opts.force_detach)
                        die(_("git checkout: --detach does not take a path argument '%s'"),