[PATCH] log -L: improve error message on malformed argument
- From
Matthieu Moy <matthieu.moy@imag.fr>
- Date
- Apr 16, 2015, 14:43 UTC
- Message-ID
- <1429195387-20573-1-git-send-email-Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr>
The old message did not mention the :regex:file form.
To avoid overly long lines, split the message into two lines (in case item->string is long, it will be the only part truncated in a narrow terminal).
Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr> --- line-log.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/line-log.c b/line-log.c index a490efe..e725248 100644 --- a/line-log.c +++ b/line-log.c @@ -575,7 +575,8 @@ parse_lines(struct commit *commit, const char *prefix, struct string_list *args) name_part = skip_range_arg(item->string); if (!name_part || *name_part != ':' || !name_part[1]) - die("-L argument '%s' not of the form start,end:file", + die("invalid -L argument '%s'.\n" + "It should be of the form start,end:file or :regex:file.", item->string); range_part = xstrndup(item->string, name_part - item->string); name_part++;
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