From: Junio C Hamano Date: Tue, 10 May 2011 19:05:01 +0000 (-0700) Subject: rev/path disambiguation: further restrict "misspelled index entry" diag X-Git-Tag: v1.7.6-rc0~44^2~5 X-Git-Url: https://git.tokkee.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=0e539dca51c298ca2ee102e0ca118797f2da99eb;p=git.git rev/path disambiguation: further restrict "misspelled index entry" diag A colon followed by anything !isalnum() (e.g. ":/heh") at this point is known not to be an existing rev. Just give a generic "neither a rev nor a path" error message. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- diff --git a/setup.c b/setup.c index 7fde4fac9..fd4ce59f2 100644 --- a/setup.c +++ b/setup.c @@ -85,8 +85,17 @@ static void NORETURN die_verify_filename(const char *prefix, const char *arg) { unsigned char sha1[20]; unsigned mode; - /* try a detailed diagnostic ... */ - get_sha1_with_mode_1(arg, sha1, &mode, 1, prefix); + + /* + * Saying "'(icase)foo' does not exist in the index" when the + * user gave us ":(icase)foo" is just stupid. A magic pathspec + * begins with a colon and is followed by a non-alnum; do not + * let get_sha1_with_mode_1(only_to_die=1) to even trigger. + */ + if (!(arg[0] == ':' && !isalnum(arg[1]))) + /* try a detailed diagnostic ... */ + get_sha1_with_mode_1(arg, sha1, &mode, 1, prefix); + /* ... or fall back the most general message. */ die("ambiguous argument '%s': unknown revision or path not in the working tree.\n" "Use '--' to separate paths from revisions", arg);