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-rw-r--r--builtin-pickaxe.c19
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/builtin-pickaxe.c b/builtin-pickaxe.c
index 673185f96..64999f357 100644
--- a/builtin-pickaxe.c
+++ b/builtin-pickaxe.c
@@ -1545,6 +1545,25 @@ static const char *parse_loc(const char *spec,
regex_t regexp;
regmatch_t match[1];
+ /* Allow "-L <something>,+20" to mean starting at <something>
+ * for 20 lines, or "-L <something>,-5" for 5 lines ending at
+ * <something>.
+ */
+ if (1 < begin && (spec[0] == '+' || spec[0] == '-')) {
+ num = strtol(spec + 1, &term, 10);
+ if (term != spec + 1) {
+ if (spec[0] == '-')
+ num = 0 - num;
+ if (0 < num)
+ *ret = begin + num - 2;
+ else if (!num)
+ *ret = begin;
+ else
+ *ret = begin + num;
+ return term;
+ }
+ return spec;
+ }
num = strtol(spec, &term, 10);
if (term != spec) {
*ret = num;