If we are outside a repo and have any arguments left after option-parsing, `setup_revisions()` will try to do its job and something like this will happen: $ git shortlog v2.16.0.. BUG: environment.c:183: git environment hasn't been setup Aborted (core dumped) The usage is wrong, but we could obviously handle this better. Note that commit abe549e179 (shortlog: do not require to run from inside a git repository, 2008-03-14) explicitly enabled `git shortlog` to run from outside a repo, since we do not need a repo for parsing data from stdin. Disallow left-over arguments when run from outside a repo. Signed-off-by: Martin Ågren <martin.agren@xxxxxxxxx> --- t/t4201-shortlog.sh | 5 +++++ builtin/shortlog.c | 5 +++++ 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/t/t4201-shortlog.sh b/t/t4201-shortlog.sh index da10478f59..ff6649ed9a 100755 --- a/t/t4201-shortlog.sh +++ b/t/t4201-shortlog.sh @@ -127,6 +127,11 @@ test_expect_success !MINGW 'shortlog can read --format=raw output' ' test_cmp expect out ' +test_expect_success 'shortlog from non-git directory refuses extra arguments' ' + test_must_fail env GIT_DIR=non-existing git shortlog foo 2>out && + test_i18ngrep "too many arguments" out +' + test_expect_success 'shortlog should add newline when input line matches wraplen' ' cat >expect <<\EOF && A U Thor (2): diff --git a/builtin/shortlog.c b/builtin/shortlog.c index dc4af03fca..3a823b3128 100644 --- a/builtin/shortlog.c +++ b/builtin/shortlog.c @@ -293,6 +293,11 @@ int cmd_shortlog(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) parse_done: argc = parse_options_end(&ctx); + if (nongit && argc > 1) { + error(_("too many arguments given outside repository")); + usage_with_options(shortlog_usage, options); + } + if (setup_revisions(argc, argv, &rev, NULL) != 1) { error(_("unrecognized argument: %s"), argv[1]); usage_with_options(shortlog_usage, options); -- 2.16.2.246.ga4ee44448f