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>
diff --git a/git-format-patch.sh b/git-format-patch.sh
index 0207ab1..5b93ff8 100755
--- a/git-format-patch.sh
+++ b/git-format-patch.sh
@@ -92,11 +92,18 @@
# 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"
