[Bug 960145] [NEW] Incomplete "Not a branch" error message

[Jelmer Vernooij]

On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 12:33:04PM -0000, Michael Terry wrote:
> If I try to merge an LP URI where neither the project nor the branch
> exist, the error message makes sense:
> 
> mike at tambo:~/Code/deja-dup/22$ bzr merge lp:~mterry/nothere/nope
> bzr: ERROR: Not a branch: "bzr+ssh://bazaar.launchpad.net/~mterry/nothere/nope/".
> 
> But if I instead try to merge an LP URI where the project exists but the
> branch does not, the error message is incomplete and does not include
> the branch name I tried to merge (which is especially misleading,
> because the user will think the project name doesn't exist when it
> does):
> 
> mike at tambo:~/Code/deja-dup/22$ bzr merge lp:~mterry/deja-dup/nope
> bzr: ERROR: Not a branch: "bzr+ssh://bazaar.launchpad.net/~mterry/deja-dup/".
This happens because of the way in which Launchpad's VFS for branches
works.

  affects launchpad

Cheers,

Jelmer


** Also affects: launchpad
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

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Title:
  Incomplete "Not a branch" error message

Status in Bazaar Version Control System:
  New
Status in Launchpad itself:
  New
Status in “bzr” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  If I try to merge an LP URI where neither the project nor the branch
  exist, the error message makes sense:

  mike at tambo:~/Code/deja-dup/22$ bzr merge lp:~mterry/nothere/nope
  bzr: ERROR: Not a branch: "bzr+ssh://bazaar.launchpad.net/~mterry/nothere/nope/".

  But if I instead try to merge an LP URI where the project exists but
  the branch does not, the error message is incomplete and does not
  include the branch name I tried to merge (which is especially
  misleading, because the user will think the project name doesn't exist
  when it does):

  mike at tambo:~/Code/deja-dup/22$ bzr merge lp:~mterry/deja-dup/nope
  bzr: ERROR: Not a branch: "bzr+ssh://bazaar.launchpad.net/~mterry/deja-dup/".

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: bzr 2.5.0-1ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-19.30-generic-pae 3.2.11
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-19-generic-pae i686
  ApportVersion: 1.94.1-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: i386
  CheckboxSubmission: 9a284f3f6b4f7829abbe27ad9573a709
  CheckboxSystem: 3935143777c965daaa64b51f0134f712
  Date: Tue Mar 20 08:28:41 2012
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110422)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: bzr
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2011-11-05 (135 days ago)

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