merge: use help_unknown_ref()
Use help.c:help_unknown_ref() instead of die() to provide a
friendlier error message before exiting, when one of the refs
specified in a merge is unknown.
Signed-off-by: Vikrant Varma <vikrant.varma94@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
diff --git a/builtin/merge.c b/builtin/merge.c
index 3e2daa3..2ebe732 100644
--- a/builtin/merge.c
+++ b/builtin/merge.c
@@ -1054,7 +1054,8 @@
for (i = 0; i < argc; i++) {
struct commit *commit = get_merge_parent(argv[i]);
if (!commit)
- die(_("%s - not something we can merge"), argv[i]);
+ help_unknown_ref(argv[i], "merge",
+ "not something we can merge");
remotes = &commit_list_insert(commit, remotes)->next;
}
*remotes = NULL;
