diff --git a/cli/src/cli_util.rs b/cli/src/cli_util.rs
index d53165236..9e57e8bba 100644
--- a/cli/src/cli_util.rs
+++ b/cli/src/cli_util.rs
@@ -750,11 +750,11 @@ impl WorkspaceCommandHelper {
 
     /// Resolve a revset to a single revision. Return an error if the revset is
     /// empty or has multiple revisions.
-    pub fn resolve_single_rev(&self, revision_str: &str) -> Result<Commit, CommandError> {
-        let expression = self.parse_revset(revision_str)?;
+    pub fn resolve_single_rev(&self, revision_arg: &RevisionArg) -> Result<Commit, CommandError> {
+        let expression = self.parse_revset(revision_arg)?;
         let should_hint_about_all_prefix = false;
         revset_util::evaluate_revset_to_single_commit(
-            revision_str,
+            revision_arg,
             &expression,
             || self.commit_summary_template(),
             should_hint_about_all_prefix,
@@ -771,8 +771,8 @@ impl WorkspaceCommandHelper {
         revision_args: &[RevisionArg],
     ) -> Result<IndexSet<Commit>, CommandError> {
         let mut all_commits = IndexSet::new();
-        for revision_str in revision_args {
-            let (expression, modifier) = self.parse_revset_with_modifier(revision_str)?;
+        for revision_arg in revision_args {
+            let (expression, modifier) = self.parse_revset_with_modifier(revision_arg)?;
             let all = match modifier {
                 Some(RevsetModifier::All) => true,
                 None => false,
@@ -784,7 +784,7 @@ impl WorkspaceCommandHelper {
             } else {
                 let should_hint_about_all_prefix = true;
                 let commit = revset_util::evaluate_revset_to_single_commit(
-                    revision_str,
+                    revision_arg,
                     &expression,
                     || self.commit_summary_template(),
                     should_hint_about_all_prefix,
@@ -806,9 +806,9 @@ impl WorkspaceCommandHelper {
 
     pub fn parse_revset(
         &self,
-        revision_str: &str,
+        revision_arg: &RevisionArg,
     ) -> Result<RevsetExpressionEvaluator<'_>, CommandError> {
-        let expression = revset::parse(revision_str, &self.revset_parse_context())?;
+        let expression = revset::parse(revision_arg, &self.revset_parse_context())?;
         self.attach_revset_evaluator(expression)
     }
 
@@ -816,10 +816,10 @@ impl WorkspaceCommandHelper {
     // shouldn't be allowed in aliases, though.
     fn parse_revset_with_modifier(
         &self,
-        revision_str: &str,
+        revision_arg: &RevisionArg,
     ) -> Result<(RevsetExpressionEvaluator<'_>, Option<RevsetModifier>), CommandError> {
         let context = self.revset_parse_context();
-        let (expression, modifier) = revset::parse_with_modifier(revision_str, &context)?;
+        let (expression, modifier) = revset::parse_with_modifier(revision_arg, &context)?;
         Ok((self.attach_revset_evaluator(expression)?, modifier))
     }
 
diff --git a/cli/src/commands/git.rs b/cli/src/commands/git.rs
index d9853c549..94adf08f7 100644
--- a/cli/src/commands/git.rs
+++ b/cli/src/commands/git.rs
@@ -1110,9 +1110,9 @@ fn update_change_branches(
     branch_prefix: &str,
 ) -> Result<Vec<String>, CommandError> {
     let mut branch_names = Vec::new();
-    for change_str in changes {
+    for change_arg in changes {
         let workspace_command = tx.base_workspace_helper();
-        let commit = workspace_command.resolve_single_rev(change_str)?;
+        let commit = workspace_command.resolve_single_rev(change_arg)?;
         let mut branch_name = format!("{branch_prefix}{}", commit.change_id().hex());
         let view = tx.base_repo().view();
         if view.get_local_branch(&branch_name).is_absent() {
@@ -1120,7 +1120,7 @@ fn update_change_branches(
             // short ID if it's not ambiguous (which it shouldn't be most of the time).
             let short_change_id = short_change_hash(commit.change_id());
             if workspace_command
-                .resolve_single_rev(&short_change_id)
+                .resolve_single_rev(&RevisionArg::from(short_change_id.clone()))
                 .is_ok()
             {
                 // Short change ID is not ambiguous, so update the branch name to use it.
@@ -1132,7 +1132,7 @@ fn update_change_branches(
                 ui.status(),
                 "Creating branch {} for revision {}",
                 branch_name,
-                change_str.deref()
+                change_arg.deref()
             )?;
         }
         tx.mut_repo()
@@ -1202,12 +1202,12 @@ fn find_branches_targeted_by_revisions<'a>(
             )?;
         }
     }
-    for rev_str in revisions {
-        let mut expression = workspace_command.parse_revset(rev_str)?;
+    for rev_arg in revisions {
+        let mut expression = workspace_command.parse_revset(rev_arg)?;
         expression.intersect_with(&RevsetExpression::branches(StringPattern::everything()));
         let mut commit_ids = expression.evaluate_to_commit_ids()?.peekable();
         if commit_ids.peek().is_none() {
-            let rev_str: &str = rev_str;
+            let rev_str: &str = rev_arg;
             writeln!(
                 ui.warning_default(),
                 "No branches point to the specified revisions: {rev_str}"
diff --git a/cli/src/commands/log.rs b/cli/src/commands/log.rs
index 0df4ba1bf..ee11cf4bc 100644
--- a/cli/src/commands/log.rs
+++ b/cli/src/commands/log.rs
@@ -80,7 +80,8 @@ pub(crate) fn cmd_log(
     let revset_expression = {
         // only use default revset if neither revset nor path are specified
         let mut expression = if args.revisions.is_empty() && args.paths.is_empty() {
-            workspace_command.parse_revset(&command.settings().default_revset())?
+            workspace_command
+                .parse_revset(&RevisionArg::from(command.settings().default_revset()))?
         } else if !args.revisions.is_empty() {
             workspace_command.parse_union_revsets(&args.revisions)?
         } else {