236157 (Teach git-describe how to run name-rev, 2007-05-21) introduced `git name-rev --name-only`, with the intent of using it to implement `git describe --contains`. According to the message, one of the primary objectives of --name-only was to make the output of name-rev match that of describe. $ git describe --contains --all master master $ git describe --contains --all master~1 master~1 $ git describe --contains --all v1.8.3~1 v1.8.3~1 $ git describe --contains --all v1.8.3 v1.8.3^0 The last invocation unnecessarily prints a trailing "^0" (--stdin does not suffer from this defect). Fix this. Signed-off-by: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@xxxxxxxxx> --- builtin/name-rev.c | 9 ++++++++- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/builtin/name-rev.c b/builtin/name-rev.c index 37207a9..8ba5d72 100644 --- a/builtin/name-rev.c +++ b/builtin/name-rev.c @@ -186,7 +186,14 @@ static void show_name(const struct object *obj, if (!name_only) printf("%s ", caller_name ? caller_name : sha1_to_hex(sha1)); name = get_rev_name(obj); - if (name) + + if (name && name_only) { + /* strip possible trailing ^0 from name */ + int len = strlen(name); + if (len > 2 && !strcmp(name + len - 2, "^0")) + len -= 2; + printf("%.*s\n", len, name); + } else if (name) printf("%s\n", name); else if (allow_undefined) printf("undefined\n"); -- 1.8.3.2.737.gcbc076a.dirty -- 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