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-rw-r--r--Documentation/gitcli.txt6
-rw-r--r--parse-options.c3
-rw-r--r--revision.c8
-rwxr-xr-xt/t0040-parse-options.sh7
-rwxr-xr-xt/t4202-log.sh7
-rwxr-xr-xt/t6000-rev-list-misc.sh8
6 files changed, 37 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/gitcli.txt b/Documentation/gitcli.txt
index 1ed3ca33b7..4b32876b6e 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitcli.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitcli.txt
@@ -37,6 +37,12 @@ arguments. Here are the rules:
file called HEAD in your work tree, `git diff HEAD` is ambiguous, and
you have to say either `git diff HEAD --` or `git diff -- HEAD` to
disambiguate.
+
+ * Because `--` disambiguates revisions and paths in some commands, it
+ cannot be used for those commands to separate options and revisions.
+ You can use `--end-of-options` for this (it also works for commands
+ that do not distinguish between revisions in paths, in which case it
+ is simply an alias for `--`).
+
When writing a script that is expected to handle random user-input, it is
a good practice to make it explicit which arguments are which by placing
diff --git a/parse-options.c b/parse-options.c
index 87b26a1d92..b42f54d48b 100644
--- a/parse-options.c
+++ b/parse-options.c
@@ -780,7 +780,8 @@ int parse_options_step(struct parse_opt_ctx_t *ctx,
continue;
}
- if (!arg[2]) { /* "--" */
+ if (!arg[2] /* "--" */ ||
+ !strcmp(arg + 2, "end-of-options")) {
if (!(ctx->flags & PARSE_OPT_KEEP_DASHDASH)) {
ctx->argc--;
ctx->argv++;
diff --git a/revision.c b/revision.c
index 07412297f0..51690e480d 100644
--- a/revision.c
+++ b/revision.c
@@ -2523,6 +2523,7 @@ int setup_revisions(int argc, const char **argv, struct rev_info *revs, struct s
int i, flags, left, seen_dashdash, got_rev_arg = 0, revarg_opt;
struct argv_array prune_data = ARGV_ARRAY_INIT;
const char *submodule = NULL;
+ int seen_end_of_options = 0;
if (opt)
submodule = opt->submodule;
@@ -2552,7 +2553,7 @@ int setup_revisions(int argc, const char **argv, struct rev_info *revs, struct s
revarg_opt |= REVARG_CANNOT_BE_FILENAME;
for (left = i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
const char *arg = argv[i];
- if (*arg == '-') {
+ if (!seen_end_of_options && *arg == '-') {
int opts;
opts = handle_revision_pseudo_opt(submodule,
@@ -2574,6 +2575,11 @@ int setup_revisions(int argc, const char **argv, struct rev_info *revs, struct s
continue;
}
+ if (!strcmp(arg, "--end-of-options")) {
+ seen_end_of_options = 1;
+ continue;
+ }
+
opts = handle_revision_opt(revs, argc - i, argv + i,
&left, argv, opt);
if (opts > 0) {
diff --git a/t/t0040-parse-options.sh b/t/t0040-parse-options.sh
index cebc77fab0..705a136ed9 100755
--- a/t/t0040-parse-options.sh
+++ b/t/t0040-parse-options.sh
@@ -399,4 +399,11 @@ test_expect_success 'GIT_TEST_DISALLOW_ABBREVIATED_OPTIONS works' '
test-tool parse-options --ye
'
+test_expect_success '--end-of-options treats remainder as args' '
+ test-tool parse-options \
+ --expect="verbose: -1" \
+ --expect="arg 00: --verbose" \
+ --end-of-options --verbose
+'
+
test_done
diff --git a/t/t4202-log.sh b/t/t4202-log.sh
index c20209324c..e88ccb04a9 100755
--- a/t/t4202-log.sh
+++ b/t/t4202-log.sh
@@ -1707,4 +1707,11 @@ test_expect_success '--exclude-promisor-objects does not BUG-crash' '
test_must_fail git log --exclude-promisor-objects source-a
'
+test_expect_success 'log --end-of-options' '
+ git update-ref refs/heads/--source HEAD &&
+ git log --end-of-options --source >actual &&
+ git log >expect &&
+ test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
test_done
diff --git a/t/t6000-rev-list-misc.sh b/t/t6000-rev-list-misc.sh
index 52a9e38d66..b8cf82349b 100755
--- a/t/t6000-rev-list-misc.sh
+++ b/t/t6000-rev-list-misc.sh
@@ -140,4 +140,12 @@ test_expect_success '--header shows a NUL after each commit' '
test_cmp expect actual
'
+test_expect_success 'rev-list --end-of-options' '
+ git update-ref refs/heads/--output=yikes HEAD &&
+ git rev-list --end-of-options --output=yikes >actual &&
+ test_path_is_missing yikes &&
+ git rev-list HEAD >expect &&
+ test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
test_done