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Diffstat (limited to 'setup.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | setup.c | 15 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions
@@ -74,6 +74,18 @@ int check_filename(const char *prefix, const char *arg) die_errno("failed to stat '%s'", arg); } +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, 0, 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); + +} + /* * Verify a filename that we got as an argument for a pathspec * entry. Note that a filename that begins with "-" never verifies @@ -87,8 +99,7 @@ void verify_filename(const char *prefix, const char *arg) die("bad flag '%s' used after filename", arg); if (check_filename(prefix, arg)) return; - die("ambiguous argument '%s': unknown revision or path not in the working tree.\n" - "Use '--' to separate paths from revisions", arg); + die_verify_filename(prefix, arg); } /* |