From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 22:40:35 GMT
Subject: Re: Make git-rev-list and git-rev-parse argument parsing stricter
Message-ID: <7vhd7sorrw.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0601251655580.2644@evo.osdl.org>

Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> writes:

> If you pass it a filename without the "--" marker to separate it from
> revision information and flags, we now require that the file in question
> actually exists. This makes mis-typed revision information not be silently
> just considered a strange filename.
>...
> Comments?

I think it is a good safety measure.  People has to say "git
rev-list -- git-commit-script" if they are interested in
historical paths, but that is less common.  We could even go
stronger and always require '--', but that is probably too much
for normal use.  I like the balance you struck here.