The try_parent_shorthands() function shows each parent via show_rev(). We pass the correct parent sha1, but our "name" parameter still points at the original refname. So asking for a regular rev-parse works fine (it prints the sha1s), but asking for the symbolic name gives nonsense like: $ git rev-parse --symbolic HEAD^-1 HEAD ^HEAD which is always an empty set of commits. Asking for "^!" is likewise broken, with the added bonus that its prints ^HEAD for _each_ parent. And "^@" just prints HEAD repeatedly. Arguably it would be correct to just pass NULL as the name here, and always get the parent expressed as a sha1. The "--symbolic" documentaton claims only "as close to the original input as possible", and we certainly fallback to sha1s where necessary. But it's pretty easy to generate a symbolic name on the fly from the original. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> --- I noticed this because tig uses "--symbolic", and "tig 1234abcd^-1" does not work without this patch. I thought at first it might be a regression in the upcoming v2.11 from 8779351dd (revision: new rev^-n shorthand for rev^n..rev, 2016-09-27). But nope, "^!" has been broken at least as far back as v1.6.6.3 (I didn't check further). So assuming it's too late in the -rc cycle for a non-regression fix, this is probably post-v2.11 maint material. builtin/rev-parse.c | 7 ++++++- t/t6101-rev-parse-parents.sh | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/builtin/rev-parse.c b/builtin/rev-parse.c index cfb0f1510..ff13e59e1 100644 --- a/builtin/rev-parse.c +++ b/builtin/rev-parse.c @@ -342,11 +342,16 @@ static int try_parent_shorthands(const char *arg) for (parents = commit->parents, parent_number = 1; parents; parents = parents->next, parent_number++) { + char *name = NULL; + if (exclude_parent && parent_number != exclude_parent) continue; + if (symbolic) + name = xstrfmt("%s^%d", arg, parent_number); show_rev(include_parents ? NORMAL : REVERSED, - parents->item->object.oid.hash, arg); + parents->item->object.oid.hash, name); + free(name); } *dotdot = '^'; diff --git a/t/t6101-rev-parse-parents.sh b/t/t6101-rev-parse-parents.sh index 64a9850e3..8c617981a 100755 --- a/t/t6101-rev-parse-parents.sh +++ b/t/t6101-rev-parse-parents.sh @@ -83,12 +83,24 @@ test_expect_success 'final^1^@ = final^1^1 final^1^2' ' test_cmp expect actual ' +test_expect_success 'symbolic final^1^@ = final^1^1 final^1^2' ' + git rev-parse --symbolic final^1^1 final^1^2 >expect && + git rev-parse --symbolic final^1^@ >actual && + test_cmp expect actual +' + test_expect_success 'final^1^! = final^1 ^final^1^1 ^final^1^2' ' git rev-parse final^1 ^final^1^1 ^final^1^2 >expect && git rev-parse final^1^! >actual && test_cmp expect actual ' +test_expect_success 'symbolic final^1^! = final^1 ^final^1^1 ^final^1^2' ' + git rev-parse --symbolic final^1 ^final^1^1 ^final^1^2 >expect && + git rev-parse --symbolic final^1^! >actual && + test_cmp expect actual +' + test_expect_success 'large graft octopus' ' test_cmp_rev_output b31 "git rev-parse --verify b1^30" ' @@ -143,6 +155,12 @@ test_expect_success 'rev-parse merge^-2 = merge^2..merge' ' test_cmp expect actual ' +test_expect_success 'symbolic merge^-1 = merge^1..merge' ' + git rev-parse --symbolic merge^1..merge >expect && + git rev-parse --symbolic merge^-1 >actual && + test_cmp expect actual +' + test_expect_success 'rev-parse merge^-0 (invalid parent)' ' test_must_fail git rev-parse merge^-0 ' -- 2.11.0.rc1.280.gf9bb6f9