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 path not in the working tree.\n"
+ "Use '--' to separate paths from revisions", arg);
+ die("'%s': %s", arg, strerror(errno));
+}
+
+/*
+ * Opposite of the above: the command line did not have -- marker
+ * and we parsed the arg as a refname. It should not be interpretable
+ * as a filename.
+ */
+void verify_non_filename(const char *prefix, const char *arg)
+{
+ const char *name;
+ struct stat st;
+
+ if (*arg == '-')
+ return; /* flag */
+ name = prefix ? prefix_filename(prefix, strlen(prefix), arg) : arg;
+ if (!lstat(name, &st))
+ die("ambiguous argument '%s': both revision and filename\n"
+ "Use '--' to separate filenames from revisions", arg);
+ if (errno != ENOENT)
+ die("'%s': %s", arg, strerror(errno));
+}
+
const char **get_pathspec(const char *prefix, const char **pathspec)
{
const char *entry = *pathspec;