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