The "--" argument avoids "ambiguous argument: unknown revision or
path not in the working tree" errors when a pathname argument refers
to a non-existent file.
Signed-off-by: Richard Hansen <redacted>
---
Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
index b6c6326cd..f1190765f 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
@@ -91,7 +91,8 @@ repository. For example:
----
prefix=$(git rev-parse --show-prefix)
cd "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)"
-eval "set -- $(git rev-parse --sq --prefix "$prefix" "$@")"
+eval "set -- $(git rev-parse --sq --prefix "$prefix" -- "$@")"
+shift
----
--verify::
--
2.11.0.390.gc69c2f50cf-goog