From a2194926bf04d79816195d79f6549b0276414813 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joey Hess <joeyh@joeyh.name>
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2015 15:23:48 -0400
Subject: add a hint about syncing when unable to determine remote uuid

syncing gets the uuid in passing..
---
 Remote.hs | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Remote.hs b/Remote.hs
index c38262a33..f24b2e978 100644
--- a/Remote.hs
+++ b/Remote.hs
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ byNameOnly n = headMaybe . filter matching <$> remoteList
 	matching r = n == name r
 
 noRemoteUUIDMsg :: Remote -> String
-noRemoteUUIDMsg r = "cannot determine uuid for " ++ name r
+noRemoteUUIDMsg r = "cannot determine uuid for " ++ name r ++ " (perhaps you need to run \"git annex sync\"?)"
 
 {- Looks up a remote by name (or by UUID, or even by description),
  - and returns its UUID. Finds even repositories that are not
-- 
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