The previous code was detecting the presence of "--" by looking only at argument 1. As a result, "git checkout foo bar --" was interpreted as an ambiguous file/revision list, and errored out with: error: pathspec 'foo' did not match any file(s) known to git. error: pathspec 'bar' did not match any file(s) known to git. error: pathspec '--' did not match any file(s) known to git. This patch fixes it by walking through the argument list to find the "--", and now complains about the number of references given. Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@xxxxxxx> --- > > + die("only one reference expected, %d given.", has_dash_dash); > > The translator in me says this string should be marked for translation > like others in git-checkout... Indeed. Sorry, it's not like I didn't knoW about _("...") /o\. builtin/checkout.c | 11 ++++++++++- t/t2010-checkout-ambiguous.sh | 6 ++++++ 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/builtin/checkout.c b/builtin/checkout.c index a5a12f6..3dd45cc 100644 --- a/builtin/checkout.c +++ b/builtin/checkout.c @@ -882,6 +882,7 @@ static int parse_branchname_arg(int argc, const char **argv, unsigned char branch_rev[20]; const char *arg; int has_dash_dash; + int i; /* * case 1: git checkout <ref> -- [<paths>] @@ -925,7 +926,15 @@ static int parse_branchname_arg(int argc, const char **argv, return 1; arg = argv[0]; - has_dash_dash = (argc > 1) && !strcmp(argv[1], "--"); + has_dash_dash = 0; + for (i = 0; i < argc; i++) { + if (!strcmp(argv[i], "--")) { + has_dash_dash = i; + break; + } + } + if (has_dash_dash >= 2) + die(_("only one reference expected, %d given."), has_dash_dash); if (!strcmp(arg, "-")) arg = "@{-1}"; diff --git a/t/t2010-checkout-ambiguous.sh b/t/t2010-checkout-ambiguous.sh index 7cc0a35..ce6b6e2 100755 --- a/t/t2010-checkout-ambiguous.sh +++ b/t/t2010-checkout-ambiguous.sh @@ -47,4 +47,10 @@ test_expect_success 'disambiguate checking out from a tree-ish' ' git diff --exit-code --quiet ' +test_expect_success C_LOCALE_OUTPUT 'accurate error message with more than one ref' ' + test_must_fail git checkout HEAD master -- 2>actual && + echo "fatal: only one reference expected, 2 given." >expect && + test_cmp expect actual +' + test_done -- 1.8.4.474.g128a96c -- 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