drop: Suggest using git annex move when numcopies prevents dropping a file.

2 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/Command/Drop.hs b/Command/Drop.hs
index 3a30703d5..2552b3d37 100644
--- a/Command/Drop.hs
+++ b/Command/Drop.hs
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ notEnoughCopies key need have skip bad = do
 		" necessary copies"
 	Remote.showTriedRemotes bad
 	Remote.showLocations key (have++skip)
+		"Rather than dropping this file, try using: git annex move"
 	hint
 	return False
   where
diff --git a/Command/Get.hs b/Command/Get.hs
index 1295cdeeb..9c58bde64 100644
--- a/Command/Get.hs
+++ b/Command/Get.hs
@@ -48,18 +48,20 @@ getKeyFile key file dest = dispatch =<< Remote.keyPossibilities key
   where
 	dispatch [] = do
 		showNote "not available"
-		Remote.showLocations key []
+		showlocs
 		return False
 	dispatch remotes = trycopy remotes remotes
 	trycopy full [] = do
 		Remote.showTriedRemotes full
-		Remote.showLocations key []
+		showlocs
 		return False
 	trycopy full (r:rs) =
 		ifM (probablyPresent r)
 			( docopy r (trycopy full rs)
 			, trycopy full rs
 			)
+	showlocs = Remote.showLocations key [] $
+		"No other repository is known to contain the file."
 	-- This check is to avoid an ugly message if a remote is a
 	-- drive that is not mounted.
 	probablyPresent r