From: Gustaf Hendeby Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:19:50 GMT Subject: [PATCH 1/1] Improve error messages from 'git stash show' Message-ID: <1268691590-27100-1-git-send-email-hendeby@isy.liu.se> The previous error message "fatal: Needed a single revision" is not very informative. Signed-off-by: Gustaf Hendeby --- git-stash.sh | 8 ++++++-- 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/git-stash.sh b/git-stash.sh index aa47e54..cf221c6 100755 --- a/git-stash.sh +++ b/git-stash.sh @@ -210,14 +210,18 @@ list_stash () { } show_stash () { + have_stash || die 'No stash found' + flags=$(git rev-parse --no-revs --flags "$@") if test -z "$flags" then flags=--stat fi - w_commit=$(git rev-parse --verify --default $ref_stash "$@") && - b_commit=$(git rev-parse --verify "$w_commit^") && + w_commit=$(git rev-parse --quiet --verify --default $ref_stash "$@") && + b_commit=$(git rev-parse --quiet --verify "$w_commit^") || + die 'Stash not found' + git diff $flags $b_commit $w_commit } -- 1.7.0.2.274.gc376e.dirty