From: "Demi M. Obenour" <demiobenour@gmail.com>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>, Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Cc: Git <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] rev-parse: handle --end-of-options
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2020 17:28:13 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <f6736e4b-679b-437a-8768-2352efbb4274@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqqr1p06ec9.fsf@gitster.c.googlers.com>
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On 11/10/20 5:23 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
>
>> This patch lets callers write:
>>
>> git rev-parse --end-of-options "$rev" -- "$path"
>>
>> and:
>>
>> git rev-parse --verify --end-of-options "$rev"
>>
>> which will both treat "$rev" always as a revision parameter.
>
> Nice. The only iffy case I can think of is that we can never have
> "--" to specify a rev, because with "git cmd -- -- path" we don't
> know which double-dash among the two is the disambiguator that makes
> the other double-dash to be either rev or path, but that is not a
> new problem with this change.
I think Git should at least reject refs named "--", since they cause
problems in so many places.
Sincerely,
Demi
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-11-10 22:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-11-10 19:32 check_refname_format allows refs with components that begin with -, even though `git tag` does not Demi M. Obenour
2020-11-10 20:09 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-11-10 21:35 ` Jeff King
2020-11-10 21:37 ` [PATCH 1/3] rev-parse: don't accept options after dashdash Jeff King
2020-11-10 21:38 ` [PATCH 2/3] rev-parse: put all options under the "-" check Jeff King
2020-11-10 21:40 ` [PATCH 3/3] rev-parse: handle --end-of-options Jeff King
2020-11-10 22:23 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-11-10 22:28 ` Demi M. Obenour [this message]
2020-11-11 2:22 ` Jeff King
2020-11-10 21:33 ` check_refname_format allows refs with components that begin with -, even though `git tag` does not Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
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