improve error message for incorrect remote diff syntax
Bug #49501 reported by
Steve Alexander
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bazaar |
Confirmed
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Wishlist
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
When I try to diff against a remote branch with
bzr diff sftp://....
I get a bunch of misleading errors, depending on whether the location has a working tree or not. The error message I want to receive is "there is no such local file as sftp://..." That would clue me into needing to use a different syntax.
Revision history for this message
| John A Meinel (jameinel) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in bzr: | |
| importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
| status: | Unconfirmed → Confirmed |
| tags: | added: check-for-breezy |
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Confirmed. If the remote location has a working tree you get:
liliana % bzr diff sftp://
bzr: ERROR: sftp://
If it does not have a working tree you get
liliana % bzr diff sftp://
bzr: ERROR: No WorkingTree exists for sftp://
We should clean up this sort of error handling. Though this is also part of us needing to clean up diff, which has become a very convoluted DWIM command, and really needs to be restructured to handle the different cases in a clean fashion. (It should be possible to diff against a remote branch, for example)