Hi, On 2015-07-05 15:07, Jeff King wrote: > On Sat, Jul 04, 2015 at 07:39:04PM -0400, Chris Jones wrote: > >> Make git filter-branch output a useful error message when a single >> commit is given instead of a range. Currently, when given a command >> like git filter-branch --msg-filter 'echo "TEST"' -- abc123, it will >> give the message "Which ref do you want to rewrite?". Instead, what >> is needed is a range of commits to rewrite. This makes it give an >> error message that says "You didn't provide a valid range of >> commits". > > Yeah, I agree the current message is a little confusing, and I think > your message is an improvement. I wonder if we can even go a step > further, like mentioning that at least one of the positive tips in your > range must be a ref. I agree, and would even further suggest to use the "did not" form instead of the abbreviated "didn't" one. Thanks, Dscho -- 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