"Not a branch" should say more about why
Bug #346634 reported by
Erik de Castro Lopo
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bazaar |
Confirmed
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Medium
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Unassigned | ||
| Breezy |
Triaged
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Medium
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
bzr reports "bzr: ERROR: Not a branch" for when the problem is not that there isn't a branch but that the directory doesn't exist.
> bzr merge ~/this-
bzr: ERROR: Not a branch: "/home/
ignores the fact that "this-does-
In this case:
> bzr merge /tmp/
bzr: ERROR: Not a branch: "/tmp/".
The error message does make sense, because /tmp does exist but isn't a branch.
Revision history for this message
| Martin Pool (mbp) wrote | #1 |
Revision history for this message
| Martin Pool (mbp) wrote | #2 |
| summary: |
- Request : Saner error messages + "Not a branch" should say more about why |
| Changed in bzr: | |
| importance: | Undecided → Medium |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
Revision history for this message
| Erik de Castro Lopo (erikd) wrote Re: [Bug 346634] Re: Request : Saner error messages | #3 |
| tags: | added: ui |
| tags: | added: check-for-breezy |
| tags: |
added: error-reporting removed: check-for-breezy |
| Changed in brz: | |
| status: | New → Triaged |
| importance: | Undecided → Medium |
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We all want sane messages, but let's turn this into a specifically actionable bug: you want to see the underlying reason why it's not a branch, like "directory blah does not exist"?