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[PATCH 1/2 v3] revision.c: args starting with "-" might be a revision

From
Siddharth Kannan <kannan.siddharth12@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 10, 2017, 18:55 UTC
Message-ID
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setup_revisions used to consider any argument starting with "-" to be either a valid option or nothing at all. This patch will teach it to check if the argument is a revision before declaring that it is nothing at all.

Before this patch, handle_revision_arg was not called for arguments starting with "-" and once for arguments that didn't start with "-". Now, it will be called once per argument.

This patch prepares the addition of "-" as a shorthand for "previous branch".
Signed-off-by: Siddharth Kannan <kannan.siddharth12@gmail.com>
---
 revision.c | 12 ++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/revision.c b/revision.c
index b37dbec..4131ad5 100644
--- a/revision.c
+++ b/revision.c
@@ -2205,6 +2205,7 @@ int setup_revisions(int argc, const char **argv, struct rev_info *revs, struct s
 	read_from_stdin = 0;
 	for (left = i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
 		const char *arg = argv[i];
+		int handle_rev_arg_called = 0, args;
 		if (*arg == '-') {
 			int opts;
 
@@ -2234,11 +2235,18 @@ int setup_revisions(int argc, const char **argv, struct rev_info *revs, struct s
 			}
 			if (opts < 0)
 				exit(128);
-			continue;
+
+			args = handle_revision_arg(arg, revs, flags, revarg_opt);
+			handle_rev_arg_called = 1;
+			if (args)
+				continue;
+			else
+				--left;
 		}
 
 
-		if (handle_revision_arg(arg, revs, flags, revarg_opt)) {
+		if ((handle_rev_arg_called && args) ||
+				handle_revision_arg(arg, revs, flags, revarg_opt)) {
 			int j;
 			if (seen_dashdash || *arg == '^')
 				die("bad revision '%s'", arg);
-- 
2.1.4
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  1. 0/2 WIP: allow "-" as a shorthand for "previous branch"Siddharth Kannan, Feb 10, 2017
  2. 1/2 revision.c: args starting with "-" might be a revisionSiddharth Kannan, Feb 10, 2017
  3. 2/2 sha1_name: teach get_sha1_1 "-" shorthand for "@{-1}"Siddharth Kannan, Feb 10, 2017
  4. Matthieu MoyFeb 12, 2017
  5. Siddharth KannanFeb 12, 2017
  6. Junio C HamanoFeb 13, 2017
  7. Junio C HamanoFeb 13, 2017
  8. Junio C HamanoFeb 10, 2017
  9. Siddharth KannanFeb 11, 2017
  10. Junio C HamanoFeb 11, 2017
  11. Junio C HamanoFeb 11, 2017
  12. 0/3 prepare for a rev/range that begins with a dashJunio C Hamano, Feb 12, 2017
  13. 1/3 handle_revision_opt(): do not update argv[left++] with an unknown argJunio C Hamano, Feb 12, 2017
  14. 2/3 setup_revisions(): swap if/else bodies to make the next step more readableJunio C Hamano, Feb 12, 2017
  15. 3/3 setup_revisions(): allow a rev that begins with a dashJunio C Hamano, Feb 12, 2017
  16. Siddharth KannanFeb 12, 2017
  17. Junio C HamanoFeb 12, 2017
  18. Siddharth KannanFeb 14, 2017

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