die_errno("failed to stat '%s'", arg);
}
+static void NORETURN die_verify_filename(const char *prefix, const char *arg)
+{
+ unsigned char sha1[20];
+ unsigned mode;
+ /* try a detailed diagnostic ... */
+ get_sha1_with_mode_1(arg, sha1, &mode, 0, prefix);
+ /* ... or fall back the most general message. */
+ die("ambiguous argument '%s': unknown revision or path not in the working tree.\n"
+ "Use '--' to separate paths from revisions", arg);
+
+}
+
/*
* Verify a filename that we got as an argument for a pathspec
* entry. Note that a filename that begins with "-" never verifies
die("bad flag '%s' used after filename", arg);
if (check_filename(prefix, arg))
return;
- die("ambiguous argument '%s': unknown revision or path not in the working tree.\n"
- "Use '--' to separate paths from revisions", arg);
+ die_verify_filename(prefix, arg);
}
/*
const char *read_gitfile_gently(const char *path)
{
char *buf;
+ char *dir;
+ const char *slash;
struct stat st;
int fd;
size_t len;
if (len < 9)
die("No path in gitfile: %s", path);
buf[len] = '\0';
- if (!is_git_directory(buf + 8))
- die("Not a git repository: %s", buf + 8);
- path = make_absolute_path(buf + 8);
+ dir = buf + 8;
+
+ if (!is_absolute_path(dir) && (slash = strrchr(path, '/'))) {
+ size_t pathlen = slash+1 - path;
+ size_t dirlen = pathlen + len - 8;
+ dir = xmalloc(dirlen + 1);
+ strncpy(dir, path, pathlen);
+ strncpy(dir + pathlen, buf + 8, len - 8);
+ dir[dirlen] = '\0';
+ free(buf);
+ buf = dir;
+ }
+
+ if (!is_git_directory(dir))
+ die("Not a git repository: %s", dir);
+ path = make_absolute_path(dir);
+
free(buf);
return path;
}