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-rw-r--r--rev-list.c5
-rw-r--r--rev-parse.c4
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/rev-list.c b/rev-list.c
index 4565755217..1bc1887fdb 100644
--- a/rev-list.c
+++ b/rev-list.c
@@ -749,6 +749,11 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv)
struct commit *commit;
unsigned char sha1[20];
+ /* accept -<digit>, like traditilnal "head" */
+ if ((*arg == '-') && isdigit(arg[1])) {
+ max_count = atoi(arg + 1);
+ continue;
+ }
if (!strcmp(arg, "-n")) {
if (++i >= argc)
die("-n requires an argument");
diff --git a/rev-parse.c b/rev-parse.c
index 3c99a79eb3..6bf205a8f5 100644
--- a/rev-parse.c
+++ b/rev-parse.c
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ static int is_rev_argument(const char *arg)
};
const char **p = rev_args;
+ /* accept -<digit>, like traditional "head" */
+ if ((*arg == '-') && isdigit(arg[1]))
+ return 1;
+
for (;;) {
const char *str = *p++;
int len;