The "--" argument avoids "ambiguous argument: unknown revision or path not in the working tree" errors when a pathname argument refers to a non-existent file.
The "--" passed explicitly to set was removed because rev-parse outputs the "--" argument that it is given. Signed-off-by: Richard Hansen <hans...@google.com> --- Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt index b6c6326cd..7241e9689 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt @@ -91,7 +91,8 @@ repository. For example: ---- prefix=$(git rev-parse --show-prefix) cd "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)" -eval "set -- $(git rev-parse --sq --prefix "$prefix" "$@")" +# rev-parse provides the -- needed for 'set' +eval "set $(git rev-parse --sq --prefix "$prefix" -- "$@")" ---- --verify:: -- 2.11.0.390.gc69c2f50cf-goog
