From: "David A. Greene" <gree...@obbligato.org>

Check refspecs for validity before passing them on to other commands.
This lets us generate more helpful error messages.

Signed-off-by: David A. Greene <gree...@obbligato.org>
---
 contrib/subtree/git-subtree.sh |   12 +++++++++---
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/contrib/subtree/git-subtree.sh b/contrib/subtree/git-subtree.sh
index 5598210..771f39d 100755
--- a/contrib/subtree/git-subtree.sh
+++ b/contrib/subtree/git-subtree.sh
@@ -497,12 +497,18 @@ cmd_add()
        ensure_clean
        
        if [ $# -eq 1 ]; then
-               "cmd_add_commit" "$@"
+           git rev-parse -q --verify "$1^{commit}" >/dev/null ||
+           die "'$1' does not refer to a commit"
+
+           "cmd_add_commit" "$@"
        elif [ $# -eq 2 ]; then
-               "cmd_add_repository" "$@"
+           git rev-parse -q --verify "$2^{commit}" >/dev/null ||
+           die "'$2' does not refer to a commit"
+
+           "cmd_add_repository" "$@"
        else
            say "error: parameters were '$@'"
-           die "Provide either a refspec or a repository and refspec."
+           die "Provide either a commit or a repository and commit."
        fi
 }
 
-- 
1.7.10.4

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