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Diffstat (limited to 'git-filter-branch.sh')
| -rwxr-xr-x | git-filter-branch.sh | 4 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/git-filter-branch.sh b/git-filter-branch.sh index 9a09ba1382..20f6f51750 100755 --- a/git-filter-branch.sh +++ b/git-filter-branch.sh @@ -232,7 +232,9 @@ while read sha1 type name do case "$force,$name" in ,$orig_namespace*) - die "Namespace $orig_namespace not empty" + die "Cannot create a new backup. +A previous backup already exists in $orig_namespace +Force overwriting the backup with -f" ;; t,$orig_namespace*) git update-ref -d "$name" $sha1 |