gitk: Parse arbitrary commit-ish in SHA1 field

diff --git a/gitk b/gitk
index ef4ba3c98499b1a553eae7f605481746d601e828..8c08310e6dea4aa904b47cd335686deedb6fd5ed 100755 (executable)
--- a/gitk
+++ b/gitk
@@ -7909,6 +7909,11 @@ proc gotocommit {} {
                }
                set id [lindex $matches 0]
            }
+       } else {
+           if {[catch {set id [exec git rev-parse --verify $sha1string]}]} {
+               error_popup [mc "Revision %s is not known" $sha1string]
+               return
+           }
        }
     }
     if {[commitinview $id $curview]} {
@@ -7918,7 +7923,7 @@ proc gotocommit {} {
     if {[regexp {^[0-9a-fA-F]{4,}$} $sha1string]} {
        set msg [mc "SHA1 id %s is not known" $sha1string]
     } else {
-       set msg [mc "Tag/Head %s is not known" $sha1string]
+       set msg [mc "Revision %s is not in the current view" $sha1string]
     }
     error_popup $msg
 }