Documentation: reset: describe new "--keep" option

diff --git a/builtin-revert.c b/builtin-revert.c
index 857ca2eefa9719029faf48a143ee4afa846c77a6..8ac86f09434d1dad830c924de8cadcef6705e1e5 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin-revert.c
+++ b/builtin-revert.c
@@ -235,6 +235,19 @@ static struct tree *empty_tree(void)
        return tree;
 }
 
+static NORETURN void die_dirty_index(const char *me)
+{
+       if (read_cache_unmerged()) {
+               die_resolve_conflict(me);
+       } else {
+               if (advice_commit_before_merge)
+                       die("Your local changes would be overwritten by %s.\n"
+                           "Please, commit your changes or stash them to proceed.", me);
+               else
+                       die("Your local changes would be overwritten by %s.\n", me);
+       }
+}
+
 static int revert_or_cherry_pick(int argc, const char **argv)
 {
        unsigned char head[20];
@@ -271,7 +284,7 @@ static int revert_or_cherry_pick(int argc, const char **argv)
                if (get_sha1("HEAD", head))
                        die ("You do not have a valid HEAD");
                if (index_differs_from("HEAD", 0))
-                       die ("Dirty index: cannot %s", me);
+                       die_dirty_index(me);
        }
        discard_cache();