On Mon, Jun 06 2022, Taylor Blau wrote: > diff --git a/Documentation/git-show-ref.txt b/Documentation/git-show-ref.txt > index ab4d271925..28256c04dd 100644 > --- a/Documentation/git-show-ref.txt > +++ b/Documentation/git-show-ref.txt > @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ SYNOPSIS > [verse] > 'git show-ref' [-q|--quiet] [--verify] [--head] [-d|--dereference] > [-s|--hash[=<n>]] [--abbrev[=<n>]] [--tags] > - [--heads] [--] [<pattern>...] > + [--heads] [--count=<n>] [--] [<pattern>...] In addition to what Junio noted, the SYNOPSIS is now inaccurate per your documentation. I.e. if this option is incompatible with --verify and --exclude-existing we should use "|" to indicate that, e.g.: [ [--verify] [--exclude-existing] | --count=<n> ] > + if (max_count) { > + int compatible = 0; > + > + if (max_count < 0) > + error(_("invalid --count argument: (`%d' < 0)"), > + max_count); > + else if (verify) > + error(_("--count is incompatible with %s"), "--verify"); > + else if (exclude_arg) > + error(_("--count is incompatible with %s"), > + "--exclude-existing"); > + else > + compatible = 1; > + > + if (!compatible) > + usage_with_options(show_ref_usage, show_ref_options); Instead of this "int compatible" and if/else-if" just use usage_msg_optf(). That or die_for_incompatible_opt4(), at least the new _() messages should make use of the same translations. I.e. we recently made these parameterized. > + } > + > if (exclude_arg) > return exclude_existing(exclude_existing_arg); > > diff --git a/t/t1403-show-ref.sh b/t/t1403-show-ref.sh > index 9252a581ab..b79e114c1e 100755 > --- a/t/t1403-show-ref.sh > +++ b/t/t1403-show-ref.sh > @@ -196,4 +196,25 @@ test_expect_success 'show-ref --verify with dangling ref' ' > ) > ' > > +test_expect_success 'show-ref --count limits relevant output' ' > + git show-ref --heads --count=1 >out && > + test_line_count = 1 out > +' > + > +test_expect_success 'show-ref --count rejects invalid input' ' > + test_must_fail git show-ref --count=-1 2>err && > + grep "invalid ..count argument: (.-1. < 0)" err The use of .. here seems odd... > +' > + > +test_expect_success 'show-ref --count incompatible with --verify' ' > + test_must_fail git show-ref --count=1 --verify HEAD 2>err && > + grep "..count is incompatible with ..verify" err ...i.e. this looks like a way to avoid "--" at the beginning, but then why use it in the middle of the regex? > +test_expect_success 'show-ref --count incompatible with --exclude-existing' ' > + echo "refs/heads/main" >in && > + test_must_fail git show-ref --count=1 --exclude-existing <in 2>err && > + grep "..count is incompatible with ..exclude.existing" err Seems like you could avoid it entirely by escaping it, e.g. "[-]-" at the beginning, or in this case I think "test_expect_code 129" would be more than sufficient, we use that to test "had usage spewed at us" elsewhere.