From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Tim Hockin <thockin@google.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: rev-parse: -- is sometimes a flag and sometimes an arg?
Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2022 17:36:01 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqq4jy6igb2.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAO_RewZPXP1EUP90kU6uEQ3_CqqC7yWedjfNd7RaVASFSfrg0Q@mail.gmail.com> (Tim Hockin's message of "Sat, 20 Aug 2022 17:31:23 -0700")
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.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-08-21 0:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-08-20 22:39 rev-parse: -- is sometimes a flag and sometimes an arg? Tim Hockin
2022-08-20 22:59 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-08-21 0:31 ` Tim Hockin
2022-08-21 0:36 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2022-08-21 0:39 ` Tim Hockin
2022-08-21 0:54 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-08-23 0:51 ` brian m. carlson
2022-08-23 17:45 ` Tim Hockin
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