add news file

[topgit.git] / tg-patch.sh

diff --git a/tg-patch.sh b/tg-patch.sh
index 48f4d770059bc7e7cb99bd8b005ad1ae1aeb932e..97338ab63ef77f52eb876c77ca50b669c458f333 100644 (file)
--- a/tg-patch.sh
+++ b/tg-patch.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ while [ -n "$1" ]; do
        arg="$1"; shift
        case "$arg" in
        -*)
-               echo "Usage: tg patch [NAME]" >&2
+               echo "Usage: tg [...] patch [NAME]" >&2
                exit 1;;
        *)
                [ -z "$name" ] || die "name already specified ($name)"
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ while [ -n "$1" ]; do
        esac
 done
 
-[ -n "$name" ] || name="$(git symbolic-ref HEAD | sed 's#^refs/heads/##')"
+[ -n "$name" ] || name="$(git symbolic-ref HEAD | sed 's#^refs/\(heads\|top-bases\)/##')"
 base_rev="$(git rev-parse --short --verify "refs/top-bases/$name" 2>/dev/null)" ||
        die "not a TopGit-controlled branch"
 
@@ -43,4 +43,4 @@ rm "$git_is_stupid"
 echo '-- '
 echo "tg: ($base_rev..) $name (depends on: $(git cat-file blob "$name:.topdeps" | paste -s -d' '))"
 branch_contains "$name" "$base_rev" ||
-       echo "tg: The patch is out-of-date wrt. the base! Run \`tg update\`."
+       echo "tg: The patch is out-of-date wrt. the base! Run \`$tg update\`."