On Wed, Sep 4, 2019 at 5:38 PM Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Just like with other Git commands, this option makes it read the paths > from the standard input. It comes in handy when resetting many, many > paths at once and wildcards are not an option (e.g. when the paths are > generated by a tool). > [...] > Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@xxxxxx> > --- > diff --git a/builtin/reset.c b/builtin/reset.c > @@ -316,6 +325,38 @@ int cmd_reset(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) > + if (read_from_stdin) { > + [...] > + while (getline_fn(&buf, stdin) != EOF) { > + if (!nul_term_line && buf.buf[0] == '"') { > + strbuf_reset(&unquoted); > + if (unquote_c_style(&unquoted, buf.buf, NULL)) > + die(_("line is badly quoted")); Perhaps include the offending line in the error message to make it easier for the user to understand what went wrong: die(_("line is badly quoted: %s"), buf.buf);