+#
+# Parses the remaining options looking for flags and
+# at most one revision defaulting to ${ref_stash}@{0}
+# if none found.
+#
+# Derives related tree and commit objects from the
+# revision, if one is found.
+#
+# stash records the work tree, and is a merge between the
+# base commit (first parent) and the index tree (second parent).
+#
+# REV is set to the symbolic version of the specified stash-like commit
+# IS_STASH_LIKE is non-blank if ${REV} looks like a stash
+# IS_STASH_REF is non-blank if the ${REV} looks like a stash ref
+# s is set to the SHA1 of the stash commit
+# w_commit is set to the commit containing the working tree
+# b_commit is set to the base commit
+# i_commit is set to the commit containing the index tree
+# w_tree is set to the working tree
+# b_tree is set to the base tree
+# i_tree is set to the index tree
+#
+# GIT_QUIET is set to t if -q is specified
+# INDEX_OPTION is set to --index if --index is specified.
+# FLAGS is set to the remaining flags
+#
+# dies if:
+# * too many revisions specified
+# * no revision is specified and there is no stash stack
+# * a revision is specified which cannot be resolve to a SHA1
+# * a non-existent stash reference is specified
+#
+
+parse_flags_and_rev()
+{
+ test "$PARSE_CACHE" = "$*" && return 0 # optimisation
+ PARSE_CACHE="$*"
+
+ IS_STASH_LIKE=
+ IS_STASH_REF=
+ INDEX_OPTION=
+ s=
+ w_commit=
+ b_commit=
+ i_commit=
+ w_tree=
+ b_tree=
+ i_tree=
+
+ REV=$(git rev-parse --no-flags --symbolic "$@" 2>/dev/null)
+
+ FLAGS=
+ for opt