upload-pack: Improve error message when bad ref requested

diff --git a/git.c b/git.c
index 265fa09d8d361ec0dab3626c846906f100cd6949..f37028b3b722e6203ae8dac1ccf40a94421597d2 100644 (file)
--- a/git.c
+++ b/git.c
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ const char git_usage_string[] =
        "git [--version] [--exec-path[=GIT_EXEC_PATH]] [--html-path]\n"
        "           [-p|--paginate|--no-pager] [--no-replace-objects]\n"
        "           [--bare] [--git-dir=GIT_DIR] [--work-tree=GIT_WORK_TREE]\n"
-       "           [-c name=value\n"
-       "           [--help] COMMAND [ARGS]";
+       "           [-c name=value] [--help]\n"
+       "           COMMAND [ARGS]";
 
 const char git_more_info_string[] =
        "See 'git help COMMAND' for more information on a specific command.";
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ static int handle_alias(int *argcp, const char ***argv)
        alias_string = alias_lookup(alias_command);
        if (alias_string) {
                if (alias_string[0] == '!') {
+                       commit_pager_choice();
                        if (*argcp > 1) {
                                struct strbuf buf;
 
@@ -432,6 +433,8 @@ static void execv_dashed_external(const char **argv)
        const char *tmp;
        int status;
 
+       commit_pager_choice();
+
        strbuf_addf(&cmd, "git-%s", argv[0]);
 
        /*
@@ -511,12 +514,12 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv)
        argv++;
        argc--;
        handle_options(&argv, &argc, NULL);
-       commit_pager_choice();
        if (argc > 0) {
                if (!prefixcmp(argv[0], "--"))
                        argv[0] += 2;
        } else {
                /* The user didn't specify a command; give them help */
+               commit_pager_choice();
                printf("usage: %s\n\n", git_usage_string);
                list_common_cmds_help();
                printf("\n%s\n", git_more_info_string);