Will Palmer <wmpalmer@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > - * For future extension, ':/!' is reserved. If you want to match a message > - * beginning with a '!', you have to repeat the exclamation mark. > + * For negative-matching, prefix the pattern-part with '!-', like: ':/!-WIP'. > + * > + * For a literal '!' character at the beginning of a pattern, you have to repeat > + * that, like: ':/!!foo' > + * > + * For future extension, all other sequences beginning with ':/!' are reserved. > */ Good. > diff --git a/t/t1511-rev-parse-caret.sh b/t/t1511-rev-parse-caret.sh > index e0fe102..8a5983f 100755 > --- a/t/t1511-rev-parse-caret.sh > +++ b/t/t1511-rev-parse-caret.sh > @@ -19,13 +19,17 @@ test_expect_success 'setup' ' > echo modified >>a-blob && > git add -u && > git commit -m Modified && > + git branch modref && This probably belongs to the previous step, no? > +test_expect_success 'ref^{/!-}' ' > + test_must_fail git rev-parse master^{/!-} > +' Hmmmm, we must fail because...? We are looking for something that does not contain an empty string, which by definition does not exist. Funny, but is correct ;-). > +test_expect_success 'ref^{/!-.}' ' > + test_must_fail git rev-parse master^{/!-.} > +' Likewise. I however wonder if we catch a commit without any message (which you probably have to craft with either commit-tree or hash-object), but that falls into the "curiosity" not the "practicality" category. > +test_expect_success 'ref^{/!-non-existent}' ' > + git rev-parse master >expected && > + git rev-parse master^{/!-non-existent} >actual && > + test_cmp expected actual > +' OK. > +test_expect_success 'ref^{/!-Changed}' ' > + git rev-parse expref >expected && > + git rev-parse master^{/!-Changed} >actual && > + test_cmp expected actual > +' OK. > +test_expect_success 'ref^{/!-!Exp}' ' > + git rev-parse modref >expected && > + git rev-parse expref^{/!-!Exp} >actual && > + test_cmp expected actual > +' OK. > test_done -- 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