From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2005 10:47:07 +0000 (-0800)
Subject: format-patch: "rev1.." should mean "rev1..HEAD"
X-Git-Tag: v0.99.9d^2~4
X-Git-Url: https://git.verplant.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=bd7c8aab7098e6e340060c0d7f1fab8595905b2d;p=git.git

format-patch: "rev1.." should mean "rev1..HEAD"

"rev1.." should mean "rev1..HEAD"; git-diff users are familiar
with that syntax.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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diff --git a/git-format-patch.sh b/git-format-patch.sh
index 0207ab18..5b93ff80 100755
--- a/git-format-patch.sh
+++ b/git-format-patch.sh
@@ -92,11 +92,18 @@ 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"