fix: tweak message and add test for patch

Author: joshka

src/cargo/util/toml/mod.rs

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ use std::ffi::OsStr;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::rc::Rc;
 use std::str::{self, FromStr};
+use tracing_subscriber::fmt::format;
 
 use crate::AlreadyPrintedError;
 use crate::core::summary::MissingDependencyError;
@@ -2439,11 +2440,12 @@ fn bail_if_github_pull_request(name_in_toml: &str, url: &Url) -> CargoResult<()>
     }
     let path_components = url.path().split('/').collect::<Vec<_>>();
     if let ["", owner, repo, "pull", pr_number, ..] = path_components[..] {
+        let repo_url = format!("https://github.com/{owner}/{repo}.git");
+        let rev = format!("refs/pull/{pr_number}/head");
         bail!(
-            "dependency ({name_in_toml}) specifies a GitHub pull request link. \
-                If you were trying to specify a specific github PR, replace the URL with the git \
-                URL (e.g. `git = \"https://github.com/{owner}/{repo}.git\"`) \
-                and add `rev = \"refs/pull/{pr_number}/head\"` in the dependency declaration.",
+            "dependency ({name_in_toml}) git url {url} is not a repository. \
+                The path looks like a pull request. Try replacing the dependency with: \
+                `git = \"{repo_url}\" rev = \"{rev}\"` in the dependency declaration.",
         );
     }
     Ok(())

tests/testsuite/bad_config.rs

@@ -2284,7 +2284,7 @@ fn github_pull_request_url() {
 [ERROR] failed to parse manifest at `[ROOT]/foo/Cargo.toml`
 
 Caused by:
-  dependency (bar) specifies a GitHub pull request link. If you were trying to specify a specific github PR, replace the URL with the git URL (e.g. `git = "https://github.com/foo/bar.git"`) and add `rev = "refs/pull/123/head"` in the dependency declaration.
+  dependency (bar) git url https://github.com/foo/bar/pull/123 is not a repository. The path looks like a pull request. Try replacing the dependency with: `git = "https://github.com/foo/bar.git" rev = "refs/pull/123/head"` in the dependency declaration.
 
 "#]])
         .run();

tests/testsuite/patch.rs

@@ -357,6 +357,50 @@ fn patch_to_git() {
         .run();
 }
 
+#[cargo_test]
+fn patch_to_git_pull_request() {
+    let bar = git::repo(&paths::root().join("override"))
+        .file("Cargo.toml", &basic_manifest("bar", "0.1.0"))
+        .file("src/lib.rs", "pub fn bar() {}")
+        .build();
+
+    Package::new("bar", "0.1.0").publish();
+
+    let p = project()
+        .file(
+            "Cargo.toml",
+            r#"
+                [package]
+                name = "foo"
+                version = "0.0.1"
+                edition = "2015"
+                authors = []
+
+                [dependencies]
+                bar = "0.1"
+
+                [patch.crates-io]
+                bar = { git = 'https://github.com/foo/bar/pull/123' }
+            "#,
+        )
+        .file(
+            "src/lib.rs",
+            "extern crate bar; pub fn foo() { bar::bar(); }",
+        )
+        .build();
+
+    p.cargo("check -v")
+        .with_status(101)
+        .with_stderr_data(str![[r#"
+[ERROR] failed to parse manifest at `[ROOT]/foo/Cargo.toml`
+
+Caused by:
+  dependency (bar) git url https://github.com/foo/bar/pull/123 is not a repository. The path looks like a pull request. Try replacing the dependency with: `git = "https://github.com/foo/bar.git" rev = "refs/pull/123/head"` in the dependency declaration.
+
+"#]])
+        .run();
+}
+
 #[cargo_test]
 fn unused() {
     Package::new("bar", "0.1.0").publish();