X-Git-Url: https://git.verplant.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=git-format-patch.sh;h=548d2d5847ee3ae34605316d34abef7c22832540;hb=66c9ec25553ce7332c46e2017b9c4d7c26310fff;hp=0207ab18a3876249a928e7539d8f594a4f6921f1;hpb=4ae22d96fe9248dac4f26b1fc91154ba5e879799;p=git.git

diff --git a/git-format-patch.sh b/git-format-patch.sh
index 0207ab18..548d2d58 100755
--- a/git-format-patch.sh
+++ b/git-format-patch.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 usage () {
     echo >&2 "usage: $0"' [-n] [-o dir | --stdout] [--keep-subject] [--mbox]
     [--check] [--signoff] [-<diff options>...]
+    [--help]
     ( from..to ... | upstream [ our-head ] )
 
 Prepare each commit with its patch since our-head forked from upstream,
@@ -63,6 +64,9 @@ do
     --output-directo|--output-director|--output-directory)
     case "$#" in 1) usage ;; esac; shift
     outdir="$1" ;;
+    -h|--h|--he|--hel|--help)
+        usage
+	;;
     -*' '* | -*"$LF"* | -*'	'*)
 	# Ignore diff option that has whitespace for now.
 	;;
@@ -92,11 +96,18 @@ filelist=$tmp-files
 # 3. "rev1" "rev2	is equivalent to "rev1..rev2"
 #
 # We want to take a sequence of "rev1..rev2" in general.
+# Also, "rev1.." should mean "rev1..HEAD"; git-diff users are
+# familiar with that syntax.
 
 case "$#,$1" in
 1,?*..?*)
 	# single "rev1..rev2"
 	;;
+1,?*..)
+	# single "rev1.." should mean "rev1..HEAD"
+	set x "$1"HEAD
+	shift
+	;;
 1,*)
 	# single rev1
 	set x "$1..HEAD"