clarify some error messages wrt unknown object types

diff --git a/git-request-pull.sh b/git-request-pull.sh
index 2c48bfb299325ba7a27e883b6a4815ebde09ae58..4eacc3a059ca3d90305cd1f28b91460b56e07167 100755 (executable)
--- a/git-request-pull.sh
+++ b/git-request-pull.sh
@@ -30,4 +30,4 @@ echo "  $url"
 echo
 
 git log  $baserev..$headrev | git-shortlog ;
-git diff $baserev..$headrev | git-apply --stat --summary
+git diff -M --stat --summary $baserev..$headrev