D6493: branch: make the error message more specific while aborting branch closing

[khanchi97 (Sushil khanchi)]

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REPOSITORY
  rHG Mercurial

REVISION DETAIL
  https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D6493

AFFECTED FILES
  mercurial/commands.py
  tests/test-commit-amend.t

CHANGE DETAILS

diff --git a/tests/test-commit-amend.t b/tests/test-commit-amend.t
--- a/tests/test-commit-amend.t
+++ b/tests/test-commit-amend.t
@@ -892,7 +892,7 @@
   marked working directory as branch silliness
   $ echo b >> b
   $ hg ci --close-branch -m'open and close'
-  abort: can only close branch heads
+  abort: branch "silliness" has no heads to close
   [255]
 
 Test that amend with --secret creates new secret changeset forcibly
diff --git a/mercurial/commands.py b/mercurial/commands.py
--- a/mercurial/commands.py
+++ b/mercurial/commands.py
@@ -1678,7 +1678,7 @@
             raise error.Abort(_('current revision is already a branch closing'
                                 ' head'))
         elif not bheads:
-            raise error.Abort(_('can only close branch heads'))
+            raise error.Abort(_('branch "%s" has no heads to close') % branch)
         elif (branch == repo['.'].branch() and repo['.'].node() not in bheads
               and not opts.get('force')):
             raise error.Abort(_('can only close branch heads'))



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