Added explanation for "change ... not found" error

Added a documentation page that explains the
"change ... not found" error.

Change-Id: Ia6cc9a81b0cceac332aef034b7338ff9f7e86692
Signed-off-by: Edwin Kempin <edwin.kempin@gmail.com>
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Edwin Kempin
2011-01-27 10:13:42 +01:00
parent 84739ac801
commit 930187e5ff
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change ... not found
====================
With this error message Gerrit rejects to push a commit to a change
that cannot be found.
This error message means that the user explicitly pushed a commit to
a non-existing change by specifying it as target ref. This way of
adding a new patch set to a change is deprecated as explained link:user-upload.html#manual_replacement_mapping[here].
It is recommended to only rely on Change-ID's for link:user-upload.html#push_replace[replacing changes].
GERRIT
------
Part of link:error-messages.html[Gerrit Error Messages]

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* link:error-branch-not-found.html[branch ... not found]
* link:error-change-closed.html[change ... closed]
* link:error-change-not-found.html[change ... not found]
* link:error-invalid-changeid.html[invalid Change-Id line format in commit message]
* link:error-missing-changeid.html[missing Change-Id in commit message]
* link:error-multiple-changeid-lines.html[multiple Change-Id lines in commit message]

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For more about Change-Ids, see link:user-changeid.html[Change-Id Lines].
[[manual_replacement_mapping]]
Manual Replacment Mapping
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^