From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id B6B3A1F51C for ; Wed, 30 May 2018 08:13:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S937301AbeE3INq (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 May 2018 04:13:46 -0400 Received: from mail-wr0-f170.google.com ([209.85.128.170]:46326 "EHLO mail-wr0-f170.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S935952AbeE3IMo (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 May 2018 04:12:44 -0400 Received: by mail-wr0-f170.google.com with SMTP id v13-v6so16833428wrp.13 for ; Wed, 30 May 2018 01:12:44 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=from:to:subject:date:message-id:mime-version :content-transfer-encoding; bh=ASMfMzA788GY4DxyWjdxXp1asMzPgvlF/Cl2dZLRnHU=; b=oGvtBO1rJqLeS2CG+aGz6D9q8qgJi/7+bafJ3gMFcwlChwU/gUN4unks2NCfW1plIp X0iHpSvns8N70UYEJfIGBFb3EcY8ch+dlUoMW6PZsX3N4bNkOB+fZOuLQg8BkbV5RHkk hJFAabRjiZj3yA7gnQ77JvwYbdDni3rVVlWpW6QJr8v1gIYd9Fk1byDcqYzEIBqMBNo4 R7RHTIko0Xld0Sr5cvDD0quvj+87uzKaA6VCdaQoQ3jVmnKLL6SKDkoTfgh997tj5Ukv gWD5HmVtQXzjjENEeMk0Eve1+V2fWu6KBl9pODrTCp/6m//8cQaJSj1TGom/iLMYxH/v bRLA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:subject:date:message-id:mime-version :content-transfer-encoding; bh=ASMfMzA788GY4DxyWjdxXp1asMzPgvlF/Cl2dZLRnHU=; b=uTjTB1li2THfV+IarwbzzcN8TCCFBNcRcyVFpGAr7s92M5VO8XJRbcAqzLyd2S5624 bOY44Ohm9Phn7LxK+tUhWC5XwZzc2FfurJn9krZR+iSVf5b/kVOE1YIxh4q0RP9KYfr1 +La+bzFTRcrttUc3VB243xTOATemY3CY+boKMjakm5oCa6PytHZHkXEv43/vjZXB+Fp0 RWzcV9bZAGJZdCl8omZ+asyxtUZOLv+MtWNL72nkqkZd4UB4EIIDM2aDxGZxc/wZkNOb B2nV9JeQ56eO9rFrUZHJi2Vc19MGqqOTYYSnF/pghp/qIZhELA5IIFLmHV6/pobiPO1p G4jw== X-Gm-Message-State: ALKqPwdxv/PFOmXo35jEgAK0yBQRbWqfSfqkiSArLCqroDY9X7bLTWno 5YQM7Vjsgh3lT1WtYqTdPMTVMSdF X-Google-Smtp-Source: ADUXVKIc2ZWXM0p02puOcVDI8PbyCBYKMi3eFg7NR7yMFWofMjlES/7vSTLmqM1BDa50FWovVKXY+A== X-Received: by 2002:adf:ae59:: with SMTP id u25-v6mr1217904wrd.157.1527667963151; Wed, 30 May 2018 01:12:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [172.22.2.13] (p50993d65.dip0.t-ipconnect.de. [80.153.61.101]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id n11-v6sm31352029wrh.10.2018.05.30.01.12.42 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Wed, 30 May 2018 01:12:42 -0700 (PDT) From: "mana vortex" To: git@vger.kernel.org Subject: [bug-ish] [convenience] fatal: only [12] (reference)s? expected, [12] given Date: Wed, 30 May 2018 10:12:41 +0200 X-Mailer: MailMate (1.11.2r5479) Message-ID: <1B7D3974-AA1C-42B5-A7F5-C5A36B28C34F@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed; markup=markdown Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Hello git folks, I’m writing about something that annoys me since forever: The reference handling is not consistent between commands. For example, I do git checkout origin master but I do git reset —hard origin/master I always get it wrong the first time. Is there a convenience option that circumvents the error? If one argument is given, but two are expected, split the argument at the first / and retry - throw error if that isn’t valid If two arguments are given, but one is expected, concat the arguments with a /. Is that possible already, and if not, would you care to implement it? Thank you for your time.