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Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
When I run jj diff stringthatmatchesnofiles
, I get
$ jj diff stringthatmatchesnofiles
Warning: No matching entries for paths: stringthatmatchesnofiles
This is helpful! It suggests that I may have made a mistake (often, specifying a change id without -r
).
When I do the same for jj status
, I get
$ jj st stringthatmatchesnofiles
Working copy changes:
Working copy (@) : xxxxxxxx bbbbbbbb (no description set)
Parent commit (@-): yyyyyyyy aaaaaaaa (no description set)
It identifies that no strings match, and then prints an empty changelog.
Reproducer:
jj git init
jj diff x
jj st x
Describe the solution you'd like
It would be more helpful to show a message that identifies the issue an suggests an alternative. jj show
seems best: my initial reaction to jj st
when I began was that if no arguments gave me the current change, maybe a different change ID would give me another change.
$ jj st x
Warning: No matching entries for paths: x
Maybe you want 'jj show x'?
Describe alternatives you've considered
There could also be a flag on jj st
to cause this behavior, but I believe that's not helpful because anyone who knows of the flag is also likely to know how to properly use it to begin with. Then the error is not helpful as a discovery tool.