Merge branch 'tz/notes-error-to-stderr' into maint

[git-core/git.git] / builtin / notes.c

diff --git a/builtin/notes.c b/builtin/notes.c
index 8e54f2d..e435286 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin/notes.c
+++ b/builtin/notes.c
@@ -865,10 +865,10 @@ static int merge(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
                if (create_symref("NOTES_MERGE_REF", default_notes_ref(), NULL))
                        die(_("failed to store link to current notes ref (%s)"),
                            default_notes_ref());
-               printf(_("Automatic notes merge failed. Fix conflicts in %s and "
-                        "commit the result with 'git notes merge --commit', or "
-                        "abort the merge with 'git notes merge --abort'.\n"),
-                      git_path(NOTES_MERGE_WORKTREE));
+               fprintf(stderr, _("Automatic notes merge failed. Fix conflicts in %s "
+                                 "and commit the result with 'git notes merge --commit', "
+                                 "or abort the merge with 'git notes merge --abort'.\n"),
+                       git_path(NOTES_MERGE_WORKTREE));
        }
 
        free_notes(t);