Update message for error during push When attempting to update a reference on a remote during push, and the reference on the remote refers to a commit that does not exist locally, then we should report a more clear error message.
diff --git a/src/push.c b/src/push.c index be5ec1c..8a50fb4 100644 --- a/src/push.c +++ b/src/push.c
@@ -360,7 +360,8 @@ continue; if (!git_odb_exists(push->repo->_odb, &spec->roid)) { - giterr_set(GITERR_REFERENCE, "Cannot push missing reference"); + giterr_set(GITERR_REFERENCE, + "Cannot push because a reference that you are trying to update on the remote contains commits that are not present locally."); error = GIT_ENONFASTFORWARD; goto on_error; }