In my local git.git: $ git rev-parse 73c6b3575bc638b7096ec913bd91193707e2265d^@ 57526fde5df201a99afa6d122c3266b3a1c5673a 942e6baa92846e5628752c65a22bc4957d8de4d0 $ git rev-parse --short 73c6b3575bc638b7096ec913bd91193707e2265d^@ 57526fd 942e6ba fatal: Needed a single revision ^^^ I don't believe this "fatal" message should be here $ git version git version 1.7.8 Nathan Panike -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html