@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ int cmd_range_diff(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
struct option *options;
int res = 0;
struct strbuf range1 = STRBUF_INIT, range2 = STRBUF_INIT;
+ struct object_id oid;
git_config(git_diff_ui_config, NULL);
@@ -56,24 +57,41 @@ int cmd_range_diff(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
diffopt.use_color = 1;
if (argc == 3) {
+ if (get_oid_committish(argv[0], &oid))
+ usage_msg_optf(_("not a revision: '%s'"),
+ builtin_range_diff_usage, options,
+ argv[0]);
+ else if (get_oid_committish(argv[1], &oid))
+ usage_msg_optf(_("not a revision: '%s'"),
+ builtin_range_diff_usage, options,
+ argv[1]);
+ else if (get_oid_committish(argv[2], &oid))
+ usage_msg_optf(_("not a revision: '%s'"),
+ builtin_range_diff_usage, options,
+ argv[2]);
+
strbuf_addf(&range1, "%s..%s", argv[0], argv[1]);
strbuf_addf(&range2, "%s..%s", argv[0], argv[2]);
} else if (argc == 2) {
if (!is_range_diff_range(argv[0]))
- die(_("not a commit range: '%s'"), argv[0]);
- strbuf_addstr(&range1, argv[0]);
+ usage_msg_optf(_("not a commit range: '%s'"),
+ builtin_range_diff_usage, options,
+ argv[0]);
+ else if (!is_range_diff_range(argv[1]))
+ usage_msg_optf(_("not a commit range: '%s'"),
+ builtin_range_diff_usage, options,
+ argv[1]);
- if (!is_range_diff_range(argv[1]))
- die(_("not a commit range: '%s'"), argv[1]);
+ strbuf_addstr(&range1, argv[0]);
strbuf_addstr(&range2, argv[1]);
} else if (argc == 1) {
const char *b = strstr(argv[0], "..."), *a = argv[0];
int a_len;
- if (!b) {
- error(_("single arg format must be symmetric range"));
- usage_with_options(builtin_range_diff_usage, options);
- }
+ if (!b)
+ usage_msg_optf(_("not a symmetric range: '%s'"),
+ builtin_range_diff_usage, options,
+ argv[0]);
a_len = (int)(b - a);
if (!a_len) {
@@ -85,10 +103,9 @@ int cmd_range_diff(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
b = "HEAD";
strbuf_addf(&range1, "%s..%.*s", b, a_len, a);
strbuf_addf(&range2, "%.*s..%s", a_len, a, b);
- } else {
- error(_("need two commit ranges"));
- usage_with_options(builtin_range_diff_usage, options);
- }
+ } else
+ usage_msg_opt(_("need two commit ranges"),
+ builtin_range_diff_usage, options);
FREE_AND_NULL(options);
range_diff_opts.dual_color = simple_color < 1;