diff --git a/merge-base.c b/merge-base.c
index 07f5ab4d1c72afeac5e3f193cefe91801ee9a9c9..f0dc06ef5546b148fe20d3b1061c7eae0d262cce 100644 (file)
--- a/merge-base.c
+++ b/merge-base.c
usage(merge_base_usage);
argc--; argv++;
}
- if (argc != 3 ||
- get_sha1(argv[1], rev1key) ||
- get_sha1(argv[2], rev2key))
+ if (argc != 3)
usage(merge_base_usage);
+ if (get_sha1(argv[1], rev1key))
+ die("Not a valid object name %s", argv[1]);
+ if (get_sha1(argv[2], rev2key))
+ die("Not a valid object name %s", argv[2]);
rev1 = lookup_commit_reference(rev1key);
rev2 = lookup_commit_reference(rev2key);
if (!rev1 || !rev2)