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diff --git a/wt-status.c b/wt-status.c
index 068b76ef6d..d48ee467a1 100644
--- a/wt-status.c
+++ b/wt-status.c
@@ -2651,8 +2651,12 @@ int require_clean_work_tree(struct repository *r,
}
if (err) {
- if (hint)
+ if (hint) {
+ if (!*hint)
+ BUG("empty hint passed to require_clean_work_tree();"
+ " use NULL instead");
error("%s", hint);
+ }
if (!gently)
exit(128);
}