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[PATCH] reset: allow "-" short hand for previous commit

From
SSSudhanshu Shekhar <sudshekhar02@gmail.com>
Date
Mar 3, 2015, 20:51 UTC
Message-ID
<1425415911-496-1-git-send-email-sudshekhar02@gmail.com>
From: SudShekhar <sudshekhar02@gmail.com>

Teach reset the same shorthand as checkout and merge. "-" means the "previous commit".

Signed-off-by: Sudhanshu Shekhar <sudshekhar02@gmail.com>
---
This is done as a microproject for gsoc purposes. I am looking forward to your feedback/comments. Thanks
builtin/reset.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/builtin/reset.c b/builtin/reset.c
index 4c08ddc..3e0378b 100644
--- a/builtin/reset.c
+++ b/builtin/reset.c
@@ -205,6 +205,8 @@ static void parse_args(struct pathspec *pathspec,
 	 */
 
 	if (argv[0]) {
+		if(!strcmp(argv[0],"-"))
+			argv[0]="@{-1}";
 		if (!strcmp(argv[0], "--")) {
 			argv++; /* reset to HEAD, possibly with paths */
 		} else if (argv[1] && !strcmp(argv[1], "--")) {
-- 
2.3.1
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Message 1 of 12 in “reset: allow "-" short hand for previous commit”
  1. reset: allow "-" short hand for previous commitSudhanshu Shekhar, Mar 3, 2015
  2. Matthieu MoyMar 3, 2015
  3. Junio C HamanoMar 3, 2015
  4. Sudhanshu ShekharMar 4, 2015
  5. reset: allow "-" short hand for previous commitSudhanshu Shekhar, Mar 4, 2015
  6. Eric SunshineMar 4, 2015
  7. Junio C HamanoMar 5, 2015
  8. 1/2 reset: allow "-" short hand for previous commitSudhanshu Shekhar, Mar 7, 2015
  9. Matthieu MoyMar 8, 2015
  10. 1/2 Teach reset the same short-hand as checkoutSudhanshu Shekhar, Mar 8, 2015
  11. 2/2 Added test cases for git reset -Sudhanshu Shekhar, Mar 8, 2015
  12. David AguilarMar 8, 2015

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