[PATCH] rev-{list,parse}: allow -<n> as shorthand for --max-count=<n>
From: Eric Wong <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:42:17
Subsystem:
the rest · Maintainer:
Linus Torvalds
Some versions of head(1) and tail(1) allow their line limits to be parsed this way. I find --max-count to be a commonly used option, and also similar in spirit to head/tail, so I decided to make life easier on my worn out (and lazy :) fingers with this patch. Signed-off-by: Eric Wong <redacted> --- rev-list.c | 5 +++++ rev-parse.c | 4 ++++ 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) 68df4b28986a4642119373e18a63751be0e26366
diff --git a/rev-list.c b/rev-list.c
index d060966..2bbd699 100644
--- a/rev-list.c
+++ b/rev-list.c@@ -732,6 +732,11 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv) struct commit *commit; unsigned char sha1[20]; + /* accept, -<digit>, like some versions of head/tail */ + if (*arg == '-' && isdigit(arg[1])) { + max_count = atoi(arg + 1); + continue; + } if (!strncmp(arg, "--max-count=", 12)) { max_count = atoi(arg + 12); continue;
diff --git a/rev-parse.c b/rev-parse.c
index 0c951af..4dfc1a9 100644
--- a/rev-parse.c
+++ b/rev-parse.c@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ static int is_rev_argument(const char *a }; const char **p = rev_args; + /* accept, -<digit>, like some versions of head/tail */ + if (*arg == '-' && isdigit(arg[1])) + return 1; + for (;;) { const char *str = *p++; int len;
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