As reported earlier[0], `git checkout -p HEAD...` results in the following error: $ git checkout -p HEAD... usage: git diff-index [-m] [--cached] [<common-diff-options>] <tree-ish> [<path>...] common diff options: -z output diff-raw with lines terminated with NUL. -p output patch format. -u synonym for -p. --patch-with-raw output both a patch and the diff-raw format. --stat show diffstat instead of patch. --numstat show numeric diffstat instead of patch. --patch-with-stat output a patch and prepend its diffstat. --name-only show only names of changed files. --name-status show names and status of changed files. --full-index show full object name on index lines. --abbrev=<n> abbreviate object names in diff-tree header and diff-raw. -R swap input file pairs. -B detect complete rewrites. -M detect renames. -C detect copies. --find-copies-harder try unchanged files as candidate for copy detection. -l<n> limit rename attempts up to <n> paths. -O<file> reorder diffs according to the <file>. -S<string> find filepair whose only one side contains the string. --pickaxe-all show all files diff when -S is used and hit is found. -a --text treat all files as text. Cannot close git diff-index --cached --numstat --summary HEAD... -- () at <redacted>/libexec/git-core/git-add--interactive line 183. Since it was decided that <tree-ish> should also officially support the merge-base revs, fix `git checkout -p <rev>...` and officially document the support. [0]: https://lore.kernel.org/git/20200929061830.GA40759@generichostname/ Denton Liu (2): builtin/checkout: fix `git checkout -p HEAD...` bug Doc: document "A...B" form for <tree-ish> in checkout and switch Documentation/git-checkout.txt | 4 ++++ Documentation/git-restore.txt | 4 ++++ builtin/checkout.c | 14 +++++++++++++- t/t2016-checkout-patch.sh | 7 +++++++ t/t2071-restore-patch.sh | 8 ++++++++ 5 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) -- 2.28.0.942.g77c4c6094c
