From daa2dde537d2ad2578d28c9ac51fd35b49ad97d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christian Kandeler <christian.kandeler@qt.io>
Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2019 17:09:39 +0200
Subject: ProjectExplorer: Give some possible reasons for not using a .user
 file

In particular, explain that using a different settings path prevents Qt
Creator from using the .user file.

Task-number: QTCREATORBUG-18294
Change-Id: Iabd4bc0f3819ce458a4777d2cd554d1afe6013c6
Reviewed-by: Christian Stenger <christian.stenger@qt.io>
---
 src/libs/utils/settingsaccessor.cpp | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'src/libs')

diff --git a/src/libs/utils/settingsaccessor.cpp b/src/libs/utils/settingsaccessor.cpp
index f6d90df7e0..881652f5ea 100644
--- a/src/libs/utils/settingsaccessor.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/utils/settingsaccessor.cpp
@@ -277,7 +277,10 @@ BackingUpSettingsAccessor::readData(const FilePath &path, QWidget *parent) const
                 QApplication::translate("Utils::SettingsAccessor",
                                         "<p>No valid settings file could be found.</p>"
                                         "<p>All settings files found in directory \"%1\" "
-                                        "were unsuitable for the current version of %2.</p>")
+                                        "were unsuitable for the current version of %2, "
+                                        "for instance because they were written by an incompatible "
+                                        "version of %2, or because a different settings path "
+                                        "was used.</p>")
                 .arg(path.toUserOutput()).arg(applicationDisplayName), Issue::Type::ERROR);
         i.buttons.insert(QMessageBox::Ok, DiscardAndContinue);
         result.issue = i;
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