From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2022 00:36:01 GMT
Subject: Re: rev-parse: -- is sometimes a flag and sometimes an arg?
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In-Reply-To: <CAO_RewZPXP1EUP90kU6uEQ3_CqqC7yWedjfNd7RaVASFSfrg0Q@mail.gmail.com>

Tim Hockin <thockin@google.com> writes:

> Thanks.  Is there a more friendly way to do what I'm trying to
> express?  Should I just use `rev-list -n1` instead?

That's hard to answer, as you didn't exactly say what you are trying
to express.  All you asked was: why is "--" treated as an arg.