`git blame 22414770 generate-cmdlist.perl` currently results in: fatal: cannot stat path '22414770': No such file or directory This patch changes the error message to: fatal: ambiguous argument 'generate-cmdlist.perl': unknown revision or path not in the working tree. Use '--' to separate paths from revisions, like this: 'git <command> [<revision>...] -- [<file>...]'" That way, the user knows to rewrite the command as `git blame 22414770 -- generate-cmdlist.perl`. Signed-off-by: Alex Henrie <alexhenrie24@xxxxxxxxx> --- builtin/blame.c | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/builtin/blame.c b/builtin/blame.c index 1df13cf..f070272 100644 --- a/builtin/blame.c +++ b/builtin/blame.c @@ -2683,8 +2683,6 @@ parse_done: argv[argc - 1] = "--"; setup_work_tree(); - if (!file_exists(path)) - die_errno("cannot stat path '%s'", path); } revs.disable_stdin = 1; -- 2.6.4 -- 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