[PATCH 2/2] sha1_name: fix error message for @{<N>}, @{<date>}

From: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com>
Date: May 24, 2013, 07:42 UTC
Message-ID: <1369381324-10206-3-git-send-email-artagnon@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <1369381324-10206-1-git-send-email-artagnon@gmail.com>

Currently, when we try to resolve @{<N>} or @{<date>} when the reflog doesn't go back far enough, we get errors like:

  # on branch master
  $ git show @{10000}
  fatal: Log for '' only has 7 entries.

  $ git show @{10000.days.ago}
  warning: Log for '' only goes back to Tue, 21 May 2013 14:14:45 +0530.
  ...

  # detached HEAD case
  $ git show @{10000}
  fatal: Log for '' only has 2005 entries.

  $ git show master@{10000}
  fatal: Log for 'master' only has 7 entries.

The empty string '' is ugly, inconsistent, and fails to convey information about whose logs we are inspecting. Change this so that we get:

  # on branch master
  $ git show @{10000}
  fatal: Log for 'master' only has 7 entries.

  $ git show @{10000.days.ago}
  warning: Log for 'master' only goes back to Tue, 21 May 2013 14:14:45 +0530.
  ...

  # detached HEAD case
  $ git show @{10000}
  fatal: Log for 'HEAD' only has 2005 entries.

  $ git show master@{10000}
  fatal: Log for 'master' only has 7 entries.

Simple, consistent, and informative; suitable for output even from plumbing commands like rev-parse.

Signed-off-by: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com>
---
 sha1_name.c | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/sha1_name.c b/sha1_name.c
index 61f5a34..6928cc7 100644
--- a/sha1_name.c
+++ b/sha1_name.c
@@ -517,6 +517,16 @@ static int get_sha1_basic(const char *str, int len, unsigned char *sha1)
 		}
 		if (read_ref_at(real_ref, at_time, nth, sha1, NULL,
 				&co_time, &co_tz, &co_cnt)) {
+			if (!len) {
+				if (!prefixcmp(real_ref, "refs/heads/")) {
+					str = real_ref + 11;
+					len = strlen(real_ref + 11);
+				} else {
+					/* detached HEAD */
+					str = "HEAD";
+					len = 4;
+				}
+			}
 			if (at_time)
 				warning("Log for '%.*s' only goes "
 					"back to %s.", len, str,

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