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| -rw-r--r-- | archive.c | 21 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 6 deletions
@@ -260,14 +260,23 @@ static void parse_treeish_arg(const char **argv, /* Remotes are only allowed to fetch actual refs */ if (remote) { char *ref = NULL; - if (!dwim_ref(name, strlen(name), sha1, &ref)) - die("no such ref: %s", name); + const char *refname, *colon = NULL; + + colon = strchr(name, ':'); + if (colon) + refname = xstrndup(name, colon - name); + else + refname = name; + + if (!dwim_ref(refname, strlen(refname), sha1, &ref)) + die("no such ref: %s", refname); + if (refname != name) + free((void *)refname); free(ref); } - else { - if (get_sha1(name, sha1)) - die("Not a valid object name"); - } + + if (get_sha1(name, sha1)) + die("Not a valid object name"); commit = lookup_commit_reference_gently(sha1, 1); if (commit) { |