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1 files changed, 11 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/merge-base.c b/merge-base.c
index 07f5ab4d1c..4856ca01c3 100644
--- a/merge-base.c
+++ b/merge-base.c
@@ -82,8 +82,9 @@ static struct commit *interesting(struct commit_list *list)
* commit B.
*
*
- * Another pathological example how this thing can fail to mark an ancestor
- * of a merge base as UNINTERESTING without the postprocessing phase.
+ * Another pathological example how this thing used to fail to mark an
+ * ancestor of a merge base as UNINTERESTING before we introduced the
+ * postprocessing phase (mark_reachable_commits).
*
* 2
* H
@@ -118,7 +119,9 @@ static struct commit *interesting(struct commit_list *list)
* D7 2 3 7 7 3 2 1 2
* E7 2 3 7 7 7 2 1 2
*
- * and we end up showing E as an interesting merge base.
+ * and we ended up showing E as an interesting merge base.
+ * The postprocessing phase re-injects C and continues traversal
+ * to contaminate D and E.
*/
static int show_all = 0;
@@ -247,10 +250,12 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
usage(merge_base_usage);
argc--; argv++;
}
- if (argc != 3 ||
- get_sha1(argv[1], rev1key) ||
- get_sha1(argv[2], rev2key))
+ if (argc != 3)
usage(merge_base_usage);
+ if (get_sha1(argv[1], rev1key))
+ die("Not a valid object name %s", argv[1]);
+ if (get_sha1(argv[2], rev2key))
+ die("Not a valid object name %s", argv[2]);
rev1 = lookup_commit_reference(rev1key);
rev2 = lookup_commit_reference(rev2key);
if (!rev1 || !rev2)