check_filename(): handle ":^" path magic
We special-case "git log :/foo" to work when "foo" exists in
the working tree. But :^ (and its alias :!) do not get the
same treatment, requiring the user to supply a
disambiguating "--". Let's make them work without requiring
the user to type the "--".
Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
diff --git a/setup.c b/setup.c
index f2a8070..86bb7c9 100644
--- a/setup.c
+++ b/setup.c
@@ -141,6 +141,10 @@ int check_filename(const char *prefix, const char *arg)
if (!*arg) /* ":/" is root dir, always exists */
return 1;
prefix = NULL;
+ } else if (skip_prefix(arg, ":!", &arg) ||
+ skip_prefix(arg, ":^", &arg)) {
+ if (!*arg) /* excluding everything is silly, but allowed */
+ return 1;
}
if (prefix)
