1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/git-notify b/tools/git-notify
index 8ade7b8a..e64754c3 100755
--- a/tools/git-notify
+++ b/tools/git-notify
@@ -145,7 +145,10 @@ sub git_rev_list(@)
     while (<REVLIST>)
     {
         chomp;
-        die "Invalid commit: $_" if not /^[0-9a-f]{40}$/;
+        unless (grep {$_ eq "--pretty"} @args)
+        {
+            die "Invalid commit: $_" if not /^[0-9a-f]{40}$/;
+        }
         push @$revlist, $_;
     }
     close REVLIST or die $! ? "Cannot execute rev-list: $!" : "rev-list exited with status: $?";