format-patch: "rev1.." should mean "rev1..HEAD"

"rev1.." should mean "rev1..HEAD"; git-diff users are familiar with that syntax. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
git-mirror · Nov 5, 2005 · bd7c8aa · bd7c8aa
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diff --git a/git-format-patch.sh b/git-format-patch.sh
@@ -92,11 +92,18 @@ filelist=$tmp-files
 # 3. "rev1" "rev2	is equivalent to "rev1..rev2"
 #
 # We want to take a sequence of "rev1..rev2" in general.
+# Also, "rev1.." should mean "rev1..HEAD"; git-diff users are
+# familiar with that syntax.
 
 case "$#,$1" in
 1,?*..?*)
 	# single "rev1..rev2"
 	;;
+1,?*..)
+	# single "rev1.." should mean "rev1..HEAD"
+	set x "$1"HEAD"
+	shift
+	;;
 1,*)
 	# single rev1
 	set x "$1..HEAD"