git reset -' will reset to the previous branch. It will behave similar to @{-1} except when a file named '@{-1}' is present. To refer to a file named '-', use ./- or the -- flag. Helped-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> Helped-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Helped-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sudhanshu Shekhar <sudshekhar02@xxxxxxxxx> --- Eric, I have added a user_input variable to record the input entered by the user. This way I can avoid the multiple 'if' clauses. Thank you for the suggestion. I have also removed the unrelated change that I had unintentionally committed. I am sending this patch on the thread for further review. Once both the patches are reviewed and accepted, I will create a new mail for it. Hope that is okay. Regards, Sudhanshu builtin/reset.c | 11 ++++++++++- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/builtin/reset.c b/builtin/reset.c index 4c08ddc..b428241 100644 --- a/builtin/reset.c +++ b/builtin/reset.c @@ -192,6 +192,8 @@ static void parse_args(struct pathspec *pathspec, { const char *rev = "HEAD"; unsigned char unused[20]; + int substituted_minus = 0; + char *user_input = argv[0]; /* * Possible arguments are: * @@ -205,6 +207,10 @@ static void parse_args(struct pathspec *pathspec, */ if (argv[0]) { + if (!strcmp(argv[0], "-")) { + argv[0] = "@{-1}"; + substituted_minus = 1; + } if (!strcmp(argv[0], "--")) { argv++; /* reset to HEAD, possibly with paths */ } else if (argv[1] && !strcmp(argv[1], "--")) { @@ -222,9 +228,12 @@ static void parse_args(struct pathspec *pathspec, * Ok, argv[0] looks like a commit/tree; it should not * be a filename. */ - verify_non_filename(prefix, argv[0]); + verify_non_filename(prefix, user_input); rev = *argv++; } else { + /* We were treating "-" as a commit and not a file */ + if (substituted_minus) + argv[0] = "-"; /* Otherwise we treat this as a filename */ verify_filename(prefix, argv[0], 1); } -- 2.3.1.278.ge5c7b1f.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