git log -- :/a
'
+# This differs from the ":/a" check above in that :/in looks like a pathspec,
+# but doesn't match an actual file.
+test_expect_success '"git log :/in" should not be ambiguous' '
+ git log :/in
+'
+
test_expect_success '"git log :" should be ambiguous' '
test_must_fail git log : 2>error &&
test_i18ngrep ambiguous error
test_cmp expected actual
'
+test_expect_success '"git log :^sub" is not ambiguous' '
+ git log :^sub
+'
+
+test_expect_success '"git log :^does-not-exist" does not match anything' '
+ test_must_fail git log :^does-not-exist
+'
+
+test_expect_success '"git log :!" behaves the same as :^' '
+ git log :!sub &&
+ test_must_fail git log :!does-not-exist
+'
+
+test_expect_success '"git log :(exclude)sub" is not ambiguous' '
+ git log ":(exclude)sub"
+'
+
+test_expect_success '"git log :(exclude)sub --" must resolve as an object' '
+ test_must_fail git log ":(exclude)sub" --
+'
+
+test_expect_success '"git log :(unknown-magic) complains of bogus magic' '
+ test_must_fail git log ":(unknown-magic)" 2>error &&
+ test_i18ngrep pathspec.magic error
+'
+
test_expect_success 'command line pathspec parsing for "git log"' '
git reset --hard &&
>a &&