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1 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/revision.c b/revision.c
index 442a945233..cbcae1086b 100644
--- a/revision.c
+++ b/revision.c
@@ -1134,15 +1134,27 @@ int handle_revision_arg(const char *arg_, struct rev_info *revs, int flags, unsi
const char *this = arg;
int symmetric = *next == '.';
unsigned int flags_exclude = flags ^ UNINTERESTING;
+ static const char head_by_default[] = "HEAD";
unsigned int a_flags;
*dotdot = 0;
next += symmetric;
if (!*next)
- next = "HEAD";
+ next = head_by_default;
if (dotdot == arg)
- this = "HEAD";
+ this = head_by_default;
+ if (this == head_by_default && next == head_by_default &&
+ !symmetric) {
+ /*
+ * Just ".."? That is not a range but the
+ * pathspec for the parent directory.
+ */
+ if (!cant_be_filename) {
+ *dotdot = '.';
+ return -1;
+ }
+ }
if (!get_sha1_committish(this, from_sha1) &&
!get_sha1_committish(next, sha1)) {
struct commit *a, *b;