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From:   Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To:     Tim Hockin <thockin@google.com>
Cc:     git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: rev-parse: -- is sometimes a flag and sometimes an arg?
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Tim Hockin <thockin@google.com> writes:

> Thanks.  Is there a more friendly way to do what I'm trying to
> express?  Should I just use `rev-list -n1` instead?

That's hard to answer, as you didn't exactly say what you are trying
to express.  All you asked was: why is "--" treated as an arg.