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From: Toon Claes <toon@iotcl•com>
To: git@vger•kernel.org
Cc: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks•im>,
	 Kristoffer Haugsbakk <kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail•com>,
	 Toon Claes <toon@iotcl•com>, Gusted <gusted@codeberg•org>
Subject: [PATCH v3 1/4] last-modified: rewrite error message when more than one revision given
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2026 14:08:37 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260116-toon-last-modified-tree-v3-1-e6ade4dc35ab@iotcl.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260116-toon-last-modified-tree-v3-0-e6ade4dc35ab@iotcl.com>

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

Signed-off-by: Toon Claes <toon@iotcl•com>
---
 builtin/last-modified.c  | 2 +-
 t/t8020-last-modified.sh | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/builtin/last-modified.c b/builtin/last-modified.c
index c80f0535f6..7d95244e3f 100644
--- a/builtin/last-modified.c
+++ b/builtin/last-modified.c
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ static int populate_paths_from_revs(struct last_modified *lm)
 			continue;
 
 		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"));
 
 		diff_tree_oid(lm->rev.repo->hash_algo->empty_tree,
 			      &obj->item->oid, "", &diffopt);
diff --git a/t/t8020-last-modified.sh b/t/t8020-last-modified.sh
index 50f4312f71..1183ae667b 100755
--- a/t/t8020-last-modified.sh
+++ b/t/t8020-last-modified.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ test_expect_success 'setup' '
 	test_commit 3 a/b/file
 '
 
-test_expect_success 'cannot run last-modified on two trees' '
+test_expect_success 'cannot run last-modified on two revision' '
 	test_must_fail git last-modified HEAD HEAD~1
 '
 

-- 
2.52.0


  reply	other threads:[~2026-01-16 13:08 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     ` Toon Claes [this message]
2026-01-16 17:31       ` [PATCH v3 1/4] last-modified: rewrite error message when more than one revision given 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
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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