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;
}
