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diff --git a/dgit b/dgit
index a68bf19c..944de859 100755
--- a/dgit
+++ b/dgit
@@ -6363,7 +6363,7 @@ END
 	    fail "cannot import $dscfn which seems to be inside working tree!";
 	}
 	$there =~ s#/+[^/]+$## or
-	    fail "cannot import $dscfn which seems to not have a basename";
+	    fail "import $dscfn requires ../$f, but it does not exist";
 	$there .= "/$f";
 	symlink $there, $here or fail "symlink $there to $here: $!";
 	progress "made symlink $here -> $there";