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diff --git a/git-format-patch.sh b/git-format-patch.sh
index 0207ab18..b43ba390 100755
--- a/git-format-patch.sh
+++ b/git-format-patch.sh
@@ -92,11 +92,18 @@ filelist=$tmp-files
 # 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"