1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/dgit b/dgit
index 961d974..3409e18 100755
--- a/dgit
+++ b/dgit
@@ -2757,6 +2757,11 @@ END
 	    my $want = $wantr{$rrefname};
 	    next if $got eq $want;
 	    if (!defined $objgot{$want}) {
+		fail <<END unless act_local();
+--dry-run specified but we actually wanted the results of git fetch,
+so this is not going to work.  Try running dgit fetch first,
+or using --damp-run instead of --dry-run.
+END
 		print STDERR <<END;
 warning: git ls-remote suggests we want $lrefname
 warning:  and it should refer to $want