Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >> @@ -1499,6 +1500,13 @@ int handle_revision_arg(const char *arg_, struct rev_info *revs, int flags, unsi >> next = head_by_default; >> if (dotdot == arg) >> this = head_by_default; >> + /* Allows -..<rev> and <rev>..- */ >> + if (!strcmp(this, "-")) { >> + this = prev_rev; >> + } >> + if (!strcmp(next, "-")) { >> + next = prev_rev; >> + } > > The above two hunks are disappointing. "this" and "next" are passed > to get_sha1_committish() and the point of the [1/2] patch was to > allow "-" to be just as usable as "@{-1}" anywhere a branch name can > be used. > >> if (this == head_by_default && next == head_by_default && >> !symmetric) { >> /* >> @@ -2198,7 +2206,7 @@ int setup_revisions(int argc, const char **argv, struct rev_info *revs, struct s >> read_from_stdin = 0; >> for (left = i = 1; i < argc; i++) { >> const char *arg = argv[i]; >> - if (arg[0] == '-' && arg[1]) { >> + if (arg[0] == '-' && !strstr(arg, "..")) { > > Isn't this way too loose? "--some-opt=I.wish..." would have ".." > in it, and we would want to leave room to add new options that may > take arbitrary string as an argument. > > I would have expected it would be more like > > if (arg[0] == '-' && arg[1] && !starts_with(arg + 1, "..")) { > > That is, "anything that begins with '-', if it is to be taken as an > option, must not begin with '-..'", which I think should be strict > enough. I have an updated version to handle the simplest forms of range notations on 'pu' as d40f108d ("-" and "@{-1}" on various programs, 2015-03-16). I do not think either your !strstr(arg, "..") or my !starts_with(arg + 1, "..") is correct, if we really wanted to make "-" a true stand-in for @{-1}, as we would need to stop ourselves fall into this "This begins with a dash, so it has to be a dashed option" block when things like these are given: "-^" "-~10" "-^{/^### match next}" I have a suspicion that it might be a matter of swapping the if clauses, that is, instead of the current way if (starts with '-') { do the option thing; continue; } if (try to see if it is a revision or revision range) { /* if failed, args must be pathspecs from here on */ check the '--' disambiguation; add pathspec to prune-data; } else { got_rev_arg = 1; } which tries "the option thing" first, do something like this: if (try to see if it is a revision or regvision range) { /* if failed ... */ if (starts with '-') { do the option thing; continue; } /* args must be pathspecs from here on */ check the '--' disambiguation; add pathspec to prune-data; } else { got_rev_arg = 1; } but I didn't trace the logic myself to see if that would work. -- 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