From: Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2018 13:38:37 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: dgit: Improve error message for unknown suite, to suggest -d
X-Git-Tag: archive/debian/6.5~22
X-Git-Url: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=dgit.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=9b6abc0738dde6c9fd71cf33ead7262fc00c57f9

dgit: Improve error message for unknown suite, to suggest -d

Signed-off-by: Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
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diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 791066d0..491e80f4 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ dgit (6.5~) unstable; urgency=medium
   * test suite: editing a test script overrides DGIT_TESTS_PROGRESSIVE.
   * dgit: Rename --dgit-view-save to --save-dgit-view, leaving an alias.
   * dgit: Provide print-unapplied-treeish subcommand.
+  * dgit: Improve error message for unknown suite, to suggest -d.
 
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diff --git a/dgit b/dgit
index ddc2d6ca..29d29d14 100755
--- a/dgit
+++ b/dgit
@@ -1078,7 +1078,7 @@ sub canonicalise_suite_ftpmasterapi {
 	} qw(codename name);
 	push @matched, $entry;
     }
-    fail "unknown suite $isuite" unless @matched;
+    fail "unknown suite $isuite, maybe -d would help" unless @matched;
     my $cn;
     eval {
 	@matched==1 or die "multiple matches for suite $isuite\n";