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Re: Bug: Revert with -m 0 says no -m was given

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Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
Date
Mar 23, 2017, 20:39 UTC
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On Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 7:15 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
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> Ulrik Sverdrup <ulrik.sverdrup@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Git produces a misleading error when you tell it `git revert -m 0`.
>
> Thanks.
>
> I think this is the same issue as the one with 'cherry-pick' that
> was reported earlier.  We have a fix in the 'master' branch already;
> please try it out.
Specifically, in master:

$ ./git revert afd6726309 error: commit afd6726309f57f532b4b989a75c1392359c611cc is a merge but no -m option was given. fatal: revert failed $ ./git revert -m 0 afd6726309 error: option `mainline' expects a number greater than zero

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  1. Ulrik SverdrupMar 23, 2017
  2. Junio C HamanoMar 23, 2017
  3. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMar 23, 2017
  4. Junio C HamanoMar 23, 2017

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