doc: improve subtree check instructions

2025-08-29 01:44:01 +02:00 · 2020-06-12 12:33:00 +02:00
parent 6762a627ec
commit a4a3fc4cd2
3 changed files with 8 additions and 2 deletions
--- a/test/lint/git-subtree-check.sh
+++ b/test/lint/git-subtree-check.sh
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ fi

 # get the tree in the subtree commit referred to
 if [ "d$(git cat-file -t $rev 2>/dev/null)" != dcommit ]; then
-    echo "subtree commit $rev unavailable: cannot compare" >&2
+    echo "subtree commit $rev unavailable: cannot compare. Did you add and fetch the remote?" >&2
    exit
 fi
 tree_subtree=$(git show -s --format="%T" $rev)