diff options
| author | Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com> | 2010-08-24 09:36:51 +0400 |
|---|---|---|
| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2010-08-24 21:47:21 +0400 |
| commit | 70256a3a6780a9fd181edf0bf0e762eb56637c9c (patch) | |
| tree | 44b9f8cafdf54b4574cb02c936fcc0a4c22e2703 /shell.c | |
| parent | 54baefda8c0bbee461a4cd68dca970d92fddced0 (diff) | |
shell: Rewrite documentation and improve error message
Update the documentation of 'git shell' to mention the interactive
mode and COMMAND_DIR. Also provide a hint when interactive mode is not
available in the shell.
Signed-off-by: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Greg Brockman <gdb@MIT.EDU>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'shell.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | shell.c | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
@@ -149,8 +149,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) } else if (argc == 1) { /* Allow the user to run an interactive shell */ cd_to_homedir(); - if (access(COMMAND_DIR, R_OK | X_OK) == -1) - die("Sorry, the interactive git-shell is not enabled"); + if (access(COMMAND_DIR, R_OK | X_OK) == -1) { + die("Interactive git shell is not enabled.\n" + "hint: ~/" COMMAND_DIR " should exist " + "and have read and execute access."); + } run_shell(); exit(0); } else if (argc != 3 || strcmp(argv[1], "-c")) { |