Subject: [PATCH 7/7] checkout -: make "-" to mean "previous branch" everywhere

From: Junio C Hamano <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 15:13:39 -0700

This is iffy, in that it teaches the very low level machinery to interpret
it as "the tip of the previous branch" when "-" is fed to it, and may have
a high risk of unintended side effects.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <[email-masked]>
---
 builtin-checkout.c |    8 +++++---
 sha1_name.c        |   21 +++++++++++++--------
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/builtin-checkout.c b/builtin-checkout.c
index 66df0c0..6b3b450 100644
--- a/builtin-checkout.c
+++ b/builtin-checkout.c
@@ -666,9 +666,11 @@ int cmd_checkout(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		arg = argv[0];
 		has_dash_dash = (argc > 1) && !strcmp(argv[1], "--");
 
-		if (!strcmp(arg, "-"))
-			arg = "@{-1}";
-
+		{
+			struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
+			strbuf_branchname(&sb, arg);
+			arg = strbuf_detach(&sb, NULL);
+		}
 		if (get_sha1(arg, rev)) {
 			if (has_dash_dash)          /* case (1) */
 				die("invalid reference: %s", arg);
diff --git a/sha1_name.c b/sha1_name.c
index 904bcd9..3972f4c 100644
--- a/sha1_name.c
+++ b/sha1_name.c
@@ -758,14 +758,19 @@ int interpret_branch_name(const char *name, struct strbuf *buf)
 	const char *brace;
 	char *num_end;
 
-	if (name[0] != '@' || name[1] != '{' || name[2] != '-')
-		return -1;
-	brace = strchr(name, '}');
-	if (!brace)
-		return -1;
-	nth = strtol(name+3, &num_end, 10);
-	if (num_end != brace)
-		return -1;
+	if (name[0] == '-' && !name[1]) {
+		nth = 1;
+		brace = name; /* "end of branch name expression" */
+	} else {
+		if (name[0] != '@' || name[1] != '{' || name[2] != '-')
+			return -1;
+		brace = strchr(name, '}');
+		if (!brace)
+			return -1;
+		nth = strtol(name+3, &num_end, 10);
+		if (num_end != brace)
+			return -1;
+	}
 	if (nth <= 0)
 		return -1;
 	cb.alloc = nth;
-- 
1.6.2.1.299.gda643a