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("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;