Currently, when an invalid revision is specified, the error message is:
fatal: Needed a single revision
This is misleading because, you might think there is something wrong
with the command line as a whole.
Now the user gets a more meaningful error message, showing the invalid
revision.
Signed-off-by: Dirk Wallenstein <halsmit@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 10:06:21AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Dirk Wallenstein <halsmit@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> > +baserev=$(git rev-parse --verify "$base"^0 2>/dev/null)
>
> Use "--quiet" instead?
Oh, of course.
git-request-pull.sh | 14 ++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/git-request-pull.sh b/git-request-pull.sh
index d566015..ebf1269 100755
--- a/git-request-pull.sh
+++ b/git-request-pull.sh
@@ -51,8 +51,18 @@ fi
tag_name=$(git describe --exact "$head^0" 2>/dev/null)
test -n "$base" && test -n "$url" || usage
-baserev=$(git rev-parse --verify "$base"^0) &&
-headrev=$(git rev-parse --verify "$head"^0) || exit
+
+baserev=$(git rev-parse --verify --quiet "$base"^0)
+if test -z "$baserev"
+then
+ die "fatal: Not a valid revision: $base"
+fi
+
+headrev=$(git rev-parse --verify --quiet "$head"^0)
+if test -z "$headrev"
+then
+ die "fatal: Not a valid revision: $head"
+fi
merge_base=$(git merge-base $baserev $headrev) ||
die "fatal: No commits in common between $base and $head"
--
1.8.3.3.2.g85103ba
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