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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Toon Claes <toon@iotcl.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org,  Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>,
	 Kristoffer Haugsbakk <kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 1/4] last-modified: rewrite error message when more than one revision given
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2026 09:01:44 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqpl70i7pj.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260123-toon-last-modified-tree-v4-1-86bf97bad4e2@iotcl.com> (Toon Claes's message of "Fri, 23 Jan 2026 15:33:01 +0100")

Toon Claes <toon@iotcl.com> writes:

> When more than one revision is passed to the git-last-modified(1)
> command, this error message was printed:
>
>     error: last-modified can only operate on one tree at a time
>
> Calling these a "tree" is technically not correct. git-last-modified(1)
> expects revisions that peel to a commit.
>
> Rephrase the error message to:
>
>     error: last-modified can only operate on one revision at a time
>
> While at it, ensure modify the test to ensure the correct error message
> is printed.

"ensure modify" -> "modify".

>  		if (num_interesting++)
> -			return error(_("last-modified can only operate on one tree at a time"));
> +			return error(_("last-modified can only operate on one revision at a time"));

I recall we earlier had discussions on "commit" vs "revision", but
was the conclusion that 'revision' is the appropriate term here?  I
somehow feel that it is sufficient to insist on "commit" (not
"commit-ish").  The way you are allowed to give that commit might be
more lenient and you may be able to pass a tag that points at a
commit, but that does not change the fact that the "last-modified"
command can only operate on one commit at a time, does it?

> +test_expect_success 'cannot run last-modified on two revision' '

"two revision" -> "two revisions".

> +	test_must_fail git last-modified HEAD HEAD~1 2>err &&
> +	test_grep "last-modified can only operate on one revision at a time" err
> +'
> +
>  test_expect_success 'last-modified complains about unknown arguments' '
>  	test_must_fail git last-modified --foo 2>err &&
> -	grep "unknown last-modified argument: --foo" err
> +	test_grep "unknown last-modified argument: --foo" err
>  '
>  
>  test_done

  reply	other threads:[~2026-01-23 17:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 55+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-01-12 16:17 [PATCH] last-modified: verify revision argument is a commit-ish Toon Claes
2026-01-12 20:23 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-01-13  6:54 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-01-14 10:24 ` [PATCH v2 0/3] Fix git-last-modified(1) bug triggered when passing a tree-ish Toon Claes
2026-01-14 10:24   ` [PATCH v2 1/3] last-modified: rewrite error message when more than one revision given Toon Claes
2026-01-14 10:56     ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-01-15 11:33       ` Toon Claes
2026-01-15 11:54         ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-01-15 14:34           ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-01-16  7:09             ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-01-16 12:30               ` Toon Claes
2026-01-16 17:16               ` Junio C Hamano
2026-01-19  6:57                 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-01-25 11:26               ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-01-15 14:34         ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-01-14 10:24   ` [PATCH v2 2/3] last-modified: remove double error message Toon Claes
2026-01-14 10:56     ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-01-14 10:24   ` [PATCH v2 3/3] last-modified: verify revision argument is a commit-ish Toon Claes
2026-01-14 10:56     ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-01-15 16:02     ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-01-15 16:35       ` Junio C Hamano
2026-01-16 13:11       ` Toon Claes
2026-01-16 13:08   ` [PATCH v3 0/4] Fix git-last-modified(1) bug triggered when passing a tree-ish Toon Claes
2026-01-16 13:08     ` [PATCH v3 1/4] last-modified: rewrite error message when more than one revision given Toon Claes
2026-01-16 17:31       ` Junio C Hamano
2026-01-16 13:08     ` [PATCH v3 2/4] last-modified: fix memory leak when more than one revision is given Toon Claes
2026-01-16 13:08     ` [PATCH v3 3/4] last-modified: remove double error message Toon Claes
2026-01-16 18:22       ` Junio C Hamano
2026-01-16 13:08     ` [PATCH v3 4/4] last-modified: verify revision argument is a commit-ish Toon Claes
2026-01-16 18:24       ` Junio C Hamano
2026-01-23 14:33     ` [PATCH v4 0/4] Fix git-last-modified(1) bug triggered when passing a tree-ish Toon Claes
2026-01-23 14:33       ` [PATCH v4 1/4] last-modified: rewrite error message when more than one revision given Toon Claes
2026-01-23 17:01         ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2026-01-23 14:33       ` [PATCH v4 2/4] last-modified: fix memory leak when more than one revision is given Toon Claes
2026-01-23 17:04         ` Junio C Hamano
2026-01-23 14:33       ` [PATCH v4 3/4] last-modified: remove double error message Toon Claes
2026-01-23 17:07         ` Junio C Hamano
2026-01-23 14:33       ` [PATCH v4 4/4] last-modified: verify revision argument is a commit-ish Toon Claes
2026-01-23 17:12         ` Junio C Hamano
2026-01-23 17:31         ` Junio C Hamano
2026-01-27 13:26       ` [PATCH v5 0/4] Fix git-last-modified(1) bug triggered when passing a tree-ish Toon Claes
2026-01-27 13:26         ` [PATCH v5 1/4] last-modified: rewrite error message when more than one commit given Toon Claes
2026-01-27 13:26         ` [PATCH v5 2/4] last-modified: fix memory leak when more than one commit is given Toon Claes
2026-01-27 13:26         ` [PATCH v5 3/4] last-modified: remove double error message Toon Claes
2026-01-27 13:26         ` [PATCH v5 4/4] last-modified: verify revision argument is a commit-ish Toon Claes
2026-01-27 22:34         ` [PATCH v5 0/4] Fix git-last-modified(1) bug triggered when passing a tree-ish Junio C Hamano
2026-01-29 14:59           ` Toon Claes
2026-01-30 14:26         ` [PATCH v6 " Toon Claes
2026-01-30 14:26           ` [PATCH v6 1/4] last-modified: rewrite error message when more than one commit given Toon Claes
2026-01-30 14:26           ` [PATCH v6 2/4] last-modified: fix memory leak when more than one commit is given Toon Claes
2026-01-30 14:26           ` [PATCH v6 3/4] last-modified: remove double error message Toon Claes
2026-01-30 14:26           ` [PATCH v6 4/4] last-modified: verify revision argument is a commit-ish Toon Claes
2026-02-06 15:55             ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-01-30 17:07           ` [PATCH v6 0/4] Fix git-last-modified(1) bug triggered when passing a tree-ish Junio C Hamano
2026-02-06 15:55             ` Patrick Steinhardt

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