In the case where one pushes a non-existent oid to an unqualified destination, we encounter the following BUG error: The destination you provided is not a full refname (i.e., starting with "refs/"). We tried to guess what you meant by: - Looking for a ref that matches 'branch' on the remote side. - Checking if the <src> being pushed ('0000000000000000000000000000000000000001') is a ref in "refs/{heads,tags}/". If so we add a corresponding refs/{heads,tags}/ prefix on the remote side. Neither worked, so we gave up. You must fully qualify the ref. BUG: remote.c:1221: '0000000000000000000000000000000000000001' should be commit/tag/tree/blob, is '-1' fatal: the remote end hung up unexpectedly Aborted (core dumped) However, this isn't actually a bug so replace it with an advise() message. Changes since v3: * Include the switch statement refactoring patch as a prelude to the functional patch * Change "if-else tower" to "if-else ladder" * Shortened the overly long advise() line * Rebased on latest 'master' to avoid merge conflict introduced earlier in the merge cycle (this should be fine since we haven't merged to 'next' yet right?) Changes since v2: * Add t5516 cleanup patch * Squash test creation patch into the patch that fixes it * Include the erroneous object ID in the advise message Denton Liu (3): t5516: remove surrounding empty lines in test bodies remote.c: convert if-else ladder to switch remote.c: remove BUG in show_push_unqualified_ref_name_error() remote.c | 24 +++++++++++-------- t/t5516-fetch-push.sh | 54 ++++--------------------------------------- 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 59 deletions(-) Range-diff against v3: 1: 82b09af4ca = 1: d31f320fdb t5516: remove surrounding empty lines in test bodies 2: 938dfb8d4e ! 2: ee6d69bcaf remote.c: remove BUG in show_push_unqualified_ref_name_error() [... deleted the diff of diff because it's mostly noise] -: ---------- > 3: 3d84072dc7 remote.c: remove BUG in show_push_unqualified_ref_name_error() -- 2.50.1