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diff --git a/setup.c b/setup.c
index 36ede3d874..cce9bb8069 100644
--- a/setup.c
+++ b/setup.c
@@ -62,6 +62,29 @@ const char *prefix_filename(const char *pfx, int pfx_len, const char *arg)
return path;
}
+/*
+ * Verify a filename that we got as an argument for a pathspec
+ * entry. Note that a filename that begins with "-" never verifies
+ * as true, because even if such a filename were to exist, we want
+ * it to be preceded by the "--" marker (or we want the user to
+ * use a format like "./-filename")
+ */
+void verify_filename(const char *prefix, const char *arg)
+{
+ const char *name;
+ struct stat st;
+
+ if (*arg == '-')
+ die("bad flag '%s' used after filename", arg);
+ name = prefix ? prefix_filename(prefix, strlen(prefix), arg) : arg;
+ if (!lstat(name, &st))
+ return;
+ if (errno == ENOENT)
+ die("ambiguous argument '%s': unknown revision or filename\n"
+ "Use '--' to separate filenames from revisions", arg);
+ die("'%s': %s", arg, strerror(errno));
+}
+
const char **get_pathspec(const char *prefix, const char **pathspec)
{
const char *entry = *pathspec;