The old message did not mention the :regex:file form.
To avoid overly long lines, split the message into two lines (in case
item->string is long, it will be the only part truncated in a narrow
terminal).
Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@xxxxxxx>
---
line-log.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/line-log.c b/line-log.c
index a490efe..e725248 100644
--- a/line-log.c
+++ b/line-log.c
@@ -575,7 +575,8 @@ parse_lines(struct commit *commit, const char *prefix, struct string_list *args)
name_part = skip_range_arg(item->string);
if (!name_part || *name_part != ':' || !name_part[1])
- die("-L argument '%s' not of the form start,end:file",
+ die("invalid -L argument '%s'.\n"
+ "It should be of the form start,end:file or :regex:file.",
item->string);
range_part = xstrndup(item->string, name_part - item->string);
name_part++;
--
2.4.0.rc1.42.g9642cc6
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