[PATCH v2 0/1] reset: parse rev as tree-ish in patch mode

["Nika Layzell via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>]

This allows passing a tree-ish git reset -p without specifying a pathspec.
Requiring a commit in this situation appears to be an oversight, and support
for a tree-ish is documented by git-reset's manpage. (
https://github.com/git/git/blob/d9f6f3b6195a0ca35642561e530798ad1469bd41/Documentation/git-reset.txt#L12
)

An alternative implementation of this change would move the if (patch_mode)
{ ... return; } check before the rev parsing logic, offloading validation of
the rev argument when in patch mode to the git-add--interactive logic. This
would be possible as the parsed oid is not passed to git-add--interactive. (
https://github.com/git/git/blob/d9f6f3b6195a0ca35642561e530798ad1469bd41/builtin/reset.c#L341-L346
)

Nika Layzell (1):
  reset: parse rev as tree-ish in patch mode

 builtin/reset.c        |  2 +-
 t/t7105-reset-patch.sh | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)


base-commit: 5fa0f5238b0cd46cfe7f6fa76c3f526ea98148d9
Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-474%2Fmystor%2Freset-interactive-treeish-v2
Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-474/mystor/reset-interactive-treeish-v2
Pull-Request: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/pull/474

Range-diff vs v1:

 1:  338c2777f7 ! 1:  a608dc8368 reset: parse rev as tree-ish in patch mode
     @@ -2,12 +2,22 @@
      
          reset: parse rev as tree-ish in patch mode
      
     -    Relaxes the commit requirement for the rev argument when running
     -    git-reset in patch mode without pathspec.
     +    Since 2f328c3d ("reset $sha1 $pathspec: require $sha1 only to be
     +    treeish", 2013-01-14), we allowed "git reset $object -- $path" to reset
     +    individual paths that match the pathspec to take the blob from a tree
     +    object, not necessarily a commit, while the form to reset the tip of the
     +    current branch to some other commit still must be given a commit.
      
     -    The revision argument to git-reset is parsed as either a commit or
     -    tree-ish depending on mode. Previously, if no pathspec was provided,
     -    the rev argument was parsed as a commit unconditionally.
     +    Like resetting with paths, "git reset --patch" does not update HEAD, and
     +    need not require a commit. The path-filtered form, "git reset --patch
     +    $object -- $pathspec", has accepted a tree-ish since 2f328c3d.
     +
     +    "git reset --patch" is documented as accepting a <tree-ish> since
     +    bf44142f ("reset: update documentation to require only tree-ish with
     +    paths", 2013-01-16). Documentation changes are not required.
     +
     +    Loosen the restriction that requires a commit for the unfiltered "git
     +    reset --patch $object".
      
          Signed-off-by: Nika Layzell <nika@thelayzells.com>
      
     @@ -37,6 +47,20 @@
      +	verify_saved_state bar &&
      +	test_i18ngrep "Apply" output
      +'
     ++
     ++test_expect_success PERL 'git reset -p HEAD^:dir/foo (blob fails)' '
     ++	set_and_save_state dir/foo work work &&
     ++	test_must_fail git reset -p HEAD^:dir/foo &&
     ++	verify_saved_state dir/foo &&
     ++	verify_saved_state bar
     ++'
     ++
     ++test_expect_success PERL 'git reset -p aaaaaaaa (unknown fails)' '
     ++	set_and_save_state dir/foo work work &&
     ++	test_must_fail git reset -p aaaaaaaa &&
     ++	verify_saved_state dir/foo &&
     ++	verify_saved_state bar
     ++'
      +
       # The idea in the rest is that bar sorts first, so we always say 'y'
       # first and if the path limiter fails it'll apply to bar instead of

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