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diff --git a/internal/revision/parser.go b/internal/revision/parser.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b45a6d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/revision/parser.go
@@ -0,0 +1,622 @@
+// Package revision extracts git revision from string
+// More informations about revision : https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/gitrevisions.html
+package revision
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"regexp"
+	"strconv"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// ErrInvalidRevision is emitted if string doesn't match valid revision
+type ErrInvalidRevision struct {
+	s string
+}
+
+func (e *ErrInvalidRevision) Error() string {
+	return "Revision invalid : " + e.s
+}
+
+// Revisioner represents a revision component.
+// A revision is made of multiple revision components
+// obtained after parsing a revision string,
+// for instance revision "master~" will be converted in
+// two revision components Ref and TildePath
+type Revisioner interface {
+}
+
+// Ref represents a reference name : HEAD, master
+type Ref string
+
+// TildePath represents ~, ~{n}
+type TildePath struct {
+	Depth int
+}
+
+// CaretPath represents ^, ^{n}
+type CaretPath struct {
+	Depth int
+}
+
+// CaretReg represents ^{/foo bar}
+type CaretReg struct {
+	Regexp *regexp.Regexp
+	Negate bool
+}
+
+// CaretType represents ^{commit}
+type CaretType struct {
+	ObjectType string
+}
+
+// AtReflog represents @{n}
+type AtReflog struct {
+	Depth int
+}
+
+// AtCheckout represents @{-n}
+type AtCheckout struct {
+	Depth int
+}
+
+// AtUpstream represents @{upstream}, @{u}
+type AtUpstream struct {
+	BranchName string
+}
+
+// AtPush represents @{push}
+type AtPush struct {
+	BranchName string
+}
+
+// AtDate represents @{"2006-01-02T15:04:05Z"}
+type AtDate struct {
+	Date time.Time
+}
+
+// ColonReg represents :/foo bar
+type ColonReg struct {
+	Regexp *regexp.Regexp
+	Negate bool
+}
+
+// ColonPath represents :./<path> :<path>
+type ColonPath struct {
+	Path string
+}
+
+// ColonStagePath represents :<n>:/<path>
+type ColonStagePath struct {
+	Path  string
+	Stage int
+}
+
+// Parser represents a parser
+// use to tokenize and transform to revisioner chunks
+// a given string
+type Parser struct {
+	s                 *scanner
+	currentParsedChar struct {
+		tok token
+		lit string
+	}
+	unreadLastChar bool
+}
+
+// NewParserFromString returns a new instance of parser from a string.
+func NewParserFromString(s string) *Parser {
+	return NewParser(bytes.NewBufferString(s))
+}
+
+// NewParser returns a new instance of parser.
+func NewParser(r io.Reader) *Parser {
+	return &Parser{s: newScanner(r)}
+}
+
+// scan returns the next token from the underlying scanner
+// or the last scanned token if an unscan was requested
+func (p *Parser) scan() (token, string, error) {
+	if p.unreadLastChar {
+		p.unreadLastChar = false
+		return p.currentParsedChar.tok, p.currentParsedChar.lit, nil
+	}
+
+	tok, lit, err := p.s.scan()
+
+	p.currentParsedChar.tok, p.currentParsedChar.lit = tok, lit
+
+	return tok, lit, err
+}
+
+// unscan pushes the previously read token back onto the buffer.
+func (p *Parser) unscan() { p.unreadLastChar = true }
+
+// Parse explode a revision string into revisioner chunks
+func (p *Parser) Parse() ([]Revisioner, error) {
+	var rev Revisioner
+	var revs []Revisioner
+	var tok token
+	var err error
+
+	for {
+		tok, _, err = p.scan()
+
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		switch tok {
+		case at:
+			rev, err = p.parseAt()
+		case tilde:
+			rev, err = p.parseTilde()
+		case caret:
+			rev, err = p.parseCaret()
+		case colon:
+			rev, err = p.parseColon()
+		case eof:
+			err = p.validateFullRevision(&revs)
+
+			if err != nil {
+				return []Revisioner{}, err
+			}
+
+			return revs, nil
+		default:
+			p.unscan()
+			rev, err = p.parseRef()
+		}
+
+		if err != nil {
+			return []Revisioner{}, err
+		}
+
+		revs = append(revs, rev)
+	}
+}
+
+// validateFullRevision ensures all revisioner chunks make a valid revision
+func (p *Parser) validateFullRevision(chunks *[]Revisioner) error {
+	var hasReference bool
+
+	for i, chunk := range *chunks {
+		switch chunk.(type) {
+		case Ref:
+			if i == 0 {
+				hasReference = true
+			} else {
+				return &ErrInvalidRevision{`reference must be defined once at the beginning`}
+			}
+		case AtDate:
+			if len(*chunks) == 1 || hasReference && len(*chunks) == 2 {
+				return nil
+			}
+
+			return &ErrInvalidRevision{`"@" statement is not valid, could be : <refname>@{<ISO-8601 date>}, @{<ISO-8601 date>}`}
+		case AtReflog:
+			if len(*chunks) == 1 || hasReference && len(*chunks) == 2 {
+				return nil
+			}
+
+			return &ErrInvalidRevision{`"@" statement is not valid, could be : <refname>@{<n>}, @{<n>}`}
+		case AtCheckout:
+			if len(*chunks) == 1 {
+				return nil
+			}
+
+			return &ErrInvalidRevision{`"@" statement is not valid, could be : @{-<n>}`}
+		case AtUpstream:
+			if len(*chunks) == 1 || hasReference && len(*chunks) == 2 {
+				return nil
+			}
+
+			return &ErrInvalidRevision{`"@" statement is not valid, could be : <refname>@{upstream}, @{upstream}, <refname>@{u}, @{u}`}
+		case AtPush:
+			if len(*chunks) == 1 || hasReference && len(*chunks) == 2 {
+				return nil
+			}
+
+			return &ErrInvalidRevision{`"@" statement is not valid, could be : <refname>@{push}, @{push}`}
+		case TildePath, CaretPath, CaretReg:
+			if !hasReference {
+				return &ErrInvalidRevision{`"~" or "^" statement must have a reference defined at the beginning`}
+			}
+		case ColonReg:
+			if len(*chunks) == 1 {
+				return nil
+			}
+
+			return &ErrInvalidRevision{`":" statement is not valid, could be : :/<regexp>`}
+		case ColonPath:
+			if i == len(*chunks)-1 && hasReference || len(*chunks) == 1 {
+				return nil
+			}
+
+			return &ErrInvalidRevision{`":" statement is not valid, could be : <revision>:<path>`}
+		case ColonStagePath:
+			if len(*chunks) == 1 {
+				return nil
+			}
+
+			return &ErrInvalidRevision{`":" statement is not valid, could be : :<n>:<path>`}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// parseAt extract @ statements
+func (p *Parser) parseAt() (Revisioner, error) {
+	var tok, nextTok token
+	var lit, nextLit string
+	var err error
+
+	tok, lit, err = p.scan()
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	if tok != obrace {
+		p.unscan()
+
+		return Ref("HEAD"), nil
+	}
+
+	tok, lit, err = p.scan()
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	nextTok, nextLit, err = p.scan()
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	switch {
+	case tok == word && (lit == "u" || lit == "upstream") && nextTok == cbrace:
+		return AtUpstream{}, nil
+	case tok == word && lit == "push" && nextTok == cbrace:
+		return AtPush{}, nil
+	case tok == number && nextTok == cbrace:
+		n, _ := strconv.Atoi(lit)
+
+		return AtReflog{n}, nil
+	case tok == minus && nextTok == number:
+		n, _ := strconv.Atoi(nextLit)
+
+		t, _, err := p.scan()
+
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		if t != cbrace {
+			return nil, &ErrInvalidRevision{fmt.Sprintf(`missing "}" in @{-n} structure`)}
+		}
+
+		return AtCheckout{n}, nil
+	default:
+		p.unscan()
+
+		date := lit
+
+		for {
+			tok, lit, err = p.scan()
+
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+
+			switch {
+			case tok == cbrace:
+				t, err := time.Parse("2006-01-02T15:04:05Z", date)
+
+				if err != nil {
+					return nil, &ErrInvalidRevision{fmt.Sprintf(`wrong date "%s" must fit ISO-8601 format : 2006-01-02T15:04:05Z`, date)}
+				}
+
+				return AtDate{t}, nil
+			default:
+				date += lit
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// parseTilde extract ~ statements
+func (p *Parser) parseTilde() (Revisioner, error) {
+	var tok token
+	var lit string
+	var err error
+
+	tok, lit, err = p.scan()
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	switch {
+	case tok == number:
+		n, _ := strconv.Atoi(lit)
+
+		return TildePath{n}, nil
+	default:
+		p.unscan()
+		return TildePath{1}, nil
+	}
+}
+
+// parseCaret extract ^ statements
+func (p *Parser) parseCaret() (Revisioner, error) {
+	var tok token
+	var lit string
+	var err error
+
+	tok, lit, err = p.scan()
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	switch {
+	case tok == obrace:
+		r, err := p.parseCaretBraces()
+
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		return r, nil
+	case tok == number:
+		n, _ := strconv.Atoi(lit)
+
+		if n > 2 {
+			return nil, &ErrInvalidRevision{fmt.Sprintf(`"%s" found must be 0, 1 or 2 after "^"`, lit)}
+		}
+
+		return CaretPath{n}, nil
+	default:
+		p.unscan()
+		return CaretPath{1}, nil
+	}
+}
+
+// parseCaretBraces extract ^{<data>} statements
+func (p *Parser) parseCaretBraces() (Revisioner, error) {
+	var tok, nextTok token
+	var lit, _ string
+	start := true
+	var re string
+	var negate bool
+	var err error
+
+	for {
+		tok, lit, err = p.scan()
+
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		nextTok, _, err = p.scan()
+
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		switch {
+		case tok == word && nextTok == cbrace && (lit == "commit" || lit == "tree" || lit == "blob" || lit == "tag" || lit == "object"):
+			return CaretType{lit}, nil
+		case re == "" && tok == cbrace:
+			return CaretType{"tag"}, nil
+		case re == "" && tok == emark && nextTok == emark:
+			re += lit
+		case re == "" && tok == emark && nextTok == minus:
+			negate = true
+		case re == "" && tok == emark:
+			return nil, &ErrInvalidRevision{fmt.Sprintf(`revision suffix brace component sequences starting with "/!" others than those defined are reserved`)}
+		case re == "" && tok == slash:
+			p.unscan()
+		case tok != slash && start:
+			return nil, &ErrInvalidRevision{fmt.Sprintf(`"%s" is not a valid revision suffix brace component`, lit)}
+		case tok != cbrace:
+			p.unscan()
+			re += lit
+		case tok == cbrace:
+			p.unscan()
+
+			reg, err := regexp.Compile(re)
+
+			if err != nil {
+				return CaretReg{}, &ErrInvalidRevision{fmt.Sprintf(`revision suffix brace component, %s`, err.Error())}
+			}
+
+			return CaretReg{reg, negate}, nil
+		}
+
+		start = false
+	}
+}
+
+// parseColon extract : statements
+func (p *Parser) parseColon() (Revisioner, error) {
+	var tok token
+	var err error
+
+	tok, _, err = p.scan()
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	switch tok {
+	case slash:
+		return p.parseColonSlash()
+	default:
+		p.unscan()
+		return p.parseColonDefault()
+	}
+}
+
+// parseColonSlash extract :/<data> statements
+func (p *Parser) parseColonSlash() (Revisioner, error) {
+	var tok, nextTok token
+	var lit string
+	var re string
+	var negate bool
+	var err error
+
+	for {
+		tok, lit, err = p.scan()
+
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		nextTok, _, err = p.scan()
+
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		switch {
+		case tok == emark && nextTok == emark:
+			re += lit
+		case re == "" && tok == emark && nextTok == minus:
+			negate = true
+		case re == "" && tok == emark:
+			return nil, &ErrInvalidRevision{fmt.Sprintf(`revision suffix brace component sequences starting with "/!" others than those defined are reserved`)}
+		case tok == eof:
+			p.unscan()
+			reg, err := regexp.Compile(re)
+
+			if err != nil {
+				return ColonReg{}, &ErrInvalidRevision{fmt.Sprintf(`revision suffix brace component, %s`, err.Error())}
+			}
+
+			return ColonReg{reg, negate}, nil
+		default:
+			p.unscan()
+			re += lit
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// parseColonDefault extract :<data> statements
+func (p *Parser) parseColonDefault() (Revisioner, error) {
+	var tok token
+	var lit string
+	var path string
+	var stage int
+	var err error
+	var n = -1
+
+	tok, lit, err = p.scan()
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	nextTok, _, err := p.scan()
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	if tok == number && nextTok == colon {
+		n, _ = strconv.Atoi(lit)
+	}
+
+	switch n {
+	case 0, 1, 2, 3:
+		stage = n
+	default:
+		path += lit
+		p.unscan()
+	}
+
+	for {
+		tok, lit, err = p.scan()
+
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		switch {
+		case tok == eof && n == -1:
+			return ColonPath{path}, nil
+		case tok == eof:
+			return ColonStagePath{path, stage}, nil
+		default:
+			path += lit
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// parseRef extract reference name
+func (p *Parser) parseRef() (Revisioner, error) {
+	var tok, prevTok token
+	var lit, buf string
+	var endOfRef bool
+	var err error
+
+	for {
+		tok, lit, err = p.scan()
+
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		switch tok {
+		case eof, at, colon, tilde, caret:
+			endOfRef = true
+		}
+
+		err := p.checkRefFormat(tok, lit, prevTok, buf, endOfRef)
+
+		if err != nil {
+			return "", err
+		}
+
+		if endOfRef {
+			p.unscan()
+			return Ref(buf), nil
+		}
+
+		buf += lit
+		prevTok = tok
+	}
+}
+
+// checkRefFormat ensure reference name follow rules defined here :
+// https://git-scm.com/docs/git-check-ref-format
+func (p *Parser) checkRefFormat(token token, literal string, previousToken token, buffer string, endOfRef bool) error {
+	switch token {
+	case aslash, space, control, qmark, asterisk, obracket:
+		return &ErrInvalidRevision{fmt.Sprintf(`must not contains "%s"`, literal)}
+	}
+
+	switch {
+	case (token == dot || token == slash) && buffer == "":
+		return &ErrInvalidRevision{fmt.Sprintf(`must not start with "%s"`, literal)}
+	case previousToken == slash && endOfRef:
+		return &ErrInvalidRevision{`must not end with "/"`}
+	case previousToken == dot && endOfRef:
+		return &ErrInvalidRevision{`must not end with "."`}
+	case token == dot && previousToken == slash:
+		return &ErrInvalidRevision{`must not contains "/."`}
+	case previousToken == dot && token == dot:
+		return &ErrInvalidRevision{`must not contains ".."`}
+	case previousToken == slash && token == slash:
+		return &ErrInvalidRevision{`must not contains consecutively "/"`}
+	case (token == slash || endOfRef) && len(buffer) > 4 && buffer[len(buffer)-5:] == ".lock":
+		return &ErrInvalidRevision{"cannot end with .lock"}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/internal/revision/parser_test.go b/internal/revision/parser_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a58f0ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/revision/parser_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,395 @@
+package revision
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"regexp"
+	"time"
+
+	. "gopkg.in/check.v1"
+)
+
+type ParserSuite struct{}
+
+var _ = Suite(&ParserSuite{})
+
+func (s *ParserSuite) TestErrInvalidRevision(c *C) {
+	e := ErrInvalidRevision{"test"}
+
+	c.Assert(e.Error(), Equals, "Revision invalid : test")
+}
+
+func (s *ParserSuite) TestNewParserFromString(c *C) {
+	p := NewParserFromString("test")
+
+	c.Assert(p, FitsTypeOf, &Parser{})
+}
+
+func (s *ParserSuite) TestScan(c *C) {
+	parser := NewParser(bytes.NewBufferString("Hello world !"))
+
+	expected := []struct {
+		t token
+		s string
+	}{
+		{
+			word,
+			"Hello",
+		},
+		{
+			space,
+			" ",
+		},
+		{
+			word,
+			"world",
+		},
+		{
+			space,
+			" ",
+		},
+		{
+			emark,
+			"!",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for i := 0; ; {
+		tok, str, err := parser.scan()
+
+		if tok == eof {
+			return
+		}
+
+		c.Assert(err, Equals, nil)
+		c.Assert(str, Equals, expected[i].s)
+		c.Assert(tok, Equals, expected[i].t)
+
+		i++
+	}
+}
+
+func (s *ParserSuite) TestUnscan(c *C) {
+	parser := NewParser(bytes.NewBufferString("Hello world !"))
+
+	tok, str, err := parser.scan()
+
+	c.Assert(err, Equals, nil)
+	c.Assert(str, Equals, "Hello")
+	c.Assert(tok, Equals, word)
+
+	parser.unscan()
+
+	tok, str, err = parser.scan()
+
+	c.Assert(err, Equals, nil)
+	c.Assert(str, Equals, "Hello")
+	c.Assert(tok, Equals, word)
+}
+
+func (s *ParserSuite) TestParseWithValidExpression(c *C) {
+	tim, _ := time.Parse("2006-01-02T15:04:05Z", "2016-12-16T21:42:47Z")
+
+	datas := map[string]Revisioner{
+		"@": []Revisioner{Ref("HEAD")},
+		"@~3": []Revisioner{
+			Ref("HEAD"),
+			TildePath{3},
+		},
+		"@{2016-12-16T21:42:47Z}": []Revisioner{AtDate{tim}},
+		"@{1}":  []Revisioner{AtReflog{1}},
+		"@{-1}": []Revisioner{AtCheckout{1}},
+		"master@{upstream}": []Revisioner{
+			Ref("master"),
+			AtUpstream{},
+		},
+		"@{upstream}": []Revisioner{
+			AtUpstream{},
+		},
+		"@{u}": []Revisioner{
+			AtUpstream{},
+		},
+		"master@{push}": []Revisioner{
+			Ref("master"),
+			AtPush{},
+		},
+		"master@{2016-12-16T21:42:47Z}": []Revisioner{
+			Ref("master"),
+			AtDate{tim},
+		},
+		"HEAD^": []Revisioner{
+			Ref("HEAD"),
+			CaretPath{1},
+		},
+		"master~3": []Revisioner{
+			Ref("master"),
+			TildePath{3},
+		},
+		"v0.99.8^{commit}": []Revisioner{
+			Ref("v0.99.8"),
+			CaretType{"commit"},
+		},
+		"v0.99.8^{}": []Revisioner{
+			Ref("v0.99.8"),
+			CaretType{"tag"},
+		},
+		"HEAD^{/fix nasty bug}": []Revisioner{
+			Ref("HEAD"),
+			CaretReg{regexp.MustCompile("fix nasty bug"), false},
+		},
+		":/fix nasty bug": []Revisioner{
+			ColonReg{regexp.MustCompile("fix nasty bug"), false},
+		},
+		"HEAD:README": []Revisioner{
+			Ref("HEAD"),
+			ColonPath{"README"},
+		},
+		":README": []Revisioner{
+			ColonPath{"README"},
+		},
+		"master:./README": []Revisioner{
+			Ref("master"),
+			ColonPath{"./README"},
+		},
+		"master^1~:./README": []Revisioner{
+			Ref("master"),
+			CaretPath{1},
+			TildePath{1},
+			ColonPath{"./README"},
+		},
+		":0:README": []Revisioner{
+			ColonStagePath{"README", 0},
+		},
+		":3:README": []Revisioner{
+			ColonStagePath{"README", 3},
+		},
+		"master~1^{/update}~5~^^1": []Revisioner{
+			Ref("master"),
+			TildePath{1},
+			CaretReg{regexp.MustCompile("update"), false},
+			TildePath{5},
+			TildePath{1},
+			CaretPath{1},
+			CaretPath{1},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for d, expected := range datas {
+		parser := NewParser(bytes.NewBufferString(d))
+
+		result, err := parser.Parse()
+
+		c.Assert(err, Equals, nil)
+		c.Assert(result, DeepEquals, expected)
+	}
+}
+
+func (s *ParserSuite) TestParseWithUnValidExpression(c *C) {
+	datas := map[string]error{
+		"..":                              &ErrInvalidRevision{`must not start with "."`},
+		"master^1master":                  &ErrInvalidRevision{`reference must be defined once at the beginning`},
+		"master^1@{2016-12-16T21:42:47Z}": &ErrInvalidRevision{`"@" statement is not valid, could be : <refname>@{<ISO-8601 date>}, @{<ISO-8601 date>}`},
+		"master^1@{1}":                    &ErrInvalidRevision{`"@" statement is not valid, could be : <refname>@{<n>}, @{<n>}`},
+		"master@{-1}":                     &ErrInvalidRevision{`"@" statement is not valid, could be : @{-<n>}`},
+		"master^1@{upstream}":             &ErrInvalidRevision{`"@" statement is not valid, could be : <refname>@{upstream}, @{upstream}, <refname>@{u}, @{u}`},
+		"master^1@{u}":                    &ErrInvalidRevision{`"@" statement is not valid, could be : <refname>@{upstream}, @{upstream}, <refname>@{u}, @{u}`},
+		"master^1@{push}":                 &ErrInvalidRevision{`"@" statement is not valid, could be : <refname>@{push}, @{push}`},
+		"^1":                              &ErrInvalidRevision{`"~" or "^" statement must have a reference defined at the beginning`},
+		"^{/test}":                        &ErrInvalidRevision{`"~" or "^" statement must have a reference defined at the beginning`},
+		"~1":                              &ErrInvalidRevision{`"~" or "^" statement must have a reference defined at the beginning`},
+		"master:/test":                    &ErrInvalidRevision{`":" statement is not valid, could be : :/<regexp>`},
+		"master:0:README":                 &ErrInvalidRevision{`":" statement is not valid, could be : :<n>:<path>`},
+	}
+
+	for s, e := range datas {
+		parser := NewParser(bytes.NewBufferString(s))
+		_, err := parser.Parse()
+		c.Assert(err, DeepEquals, e)
+	}
+}
+
+func (s *ParserSuite) TestParseAtWithValidExpression(c *C) {
+	tim, _ := time.Parse("2006-01-02T15:04:05Z", "2016-12-16T21:42:47Z")
+
+	datas := map[string]Revisioner{
+		"":           Ref("HEAD"),
+		"{1}":        AtReflog{1},
+		"{-1}":       AtCheckout{1},
+		"{push}":     AtPush{},
+		"{upstream}": AtUpstream{},
+		"{u}":        AtUpstream{},
+		"{2016-12-16T21:42:47Z}": AtDate{tim},
+	}
+
+	for d, expected := range datas {
+		parser := NewParser(bytes.NewBufferString(d))
+
+		result, err := parser.parseAt()
+
+		c.Assert(err, Equals, nil)
+		c.Assert(result, DeepEquals, expected)
+	}
+}
+
+func (s *ParserSuite) TestParseAtWithUnValidExpression(c *C) {
+	datas := map[string]error{
+		"{test}": &ErrInvalidRevision{`wrong date "test" must fit ISO-8601 format : 2006-01-02T15:04:05Z`},
+		"{-1":    &ErrInvalidRevision{`missing "}" in @{-n} structure`},
+	}
+
+	for s, e := range datas {
+		parser := NewParser(bytes.NewBufferString(s))
+
+		_, err := parser.parseAt()
+
+		c.Assert(err, DeepEquals, e)
+	}
+}
+
+func (s *ParserSuite) TestParseCaretWithValidExpression(c *C) {
+	datas := map[string]Revisioner{
+		"":                    CaretPath{1},
+		"2":                   CaretPath{2},
+		"{}":                  CaretType{"tag"},
+		"{commit}":            CaretType{"commit"},
+		"{tree}":              CaretType{"tree"},
+		"{blob}":              CaretType{"blob"},
+		"{tag}":               CaretType{"tag"},
+		"{object}":            CaretType{"object"},
+		"{/hello world !}":    CaretReg{regexp.MustCompile("hello world !"), false},
+		"{/!-hello world !}":  CaretReg{regexp.MustCompile("hello world !"), true},
+		"{/!! hello world !}": CaretReg{regexp.MustCompile("! hello world !"), false},
+	}
+
+	for d, expected := range datas {
+		parser := NewParser(bytes.NewBufferString(d))
+
+		result, err := parser.parseCaret()
+
+		c.Assert(err, Equals, nil)
+		c.Assert(result, DeepEquals, expected)
+	}
+}
+
+func (s *ParserSuite) TestParseCaretWithUnValidExpression(c *C) {
+	datas := map[string]error{
+		"3":         &ErrInvalidRevision{`"3" found must be 0, 1 or 2 after "^"`},
+		"{test}":    &ErrInvalidRevision{`"test" is not a valid revision suffix brace component`},
+		"{/!test}":  &ErrInvalidRevision{`revision suffix brace component sequences starting with "/!" others than those defined are reserved`},
+		"{/test**}": &ErrInvalidRevision{"revision suffix brace component, error parsing regexp: invalid nested repetition operator: `**`"},
+	}
+
+	for s, e := range datas {
+		parser := NewParser(bytes.NewBufferString(s))
+
+		_, err := parser.parseCaret()
+
+		c.Assert(err, DeepEquals, e)
+	}
+}
+
+func (s *ParserSuite) TestParseTildeWithValidExpression(c *C) {
+	datas := map[string]Revisioner{
+		"3": TildePath{3},
+		"1": TildePath{1},
+		"":  TildePath{1},
+	}
+
+	for d, expected := range datas {
+		parser := NewParser(bytes.NewBufferString(d))
+
+		result, err := parser.parseTilde()
+
+		c.Assert(err, Equals, nil)
+		c.Assert(result, DeepEquals, expected)
+	}
+}
+
+func (s *ParserSuite) TestParseColonWithValidExpression(c *C) {
+	datas := map[string]Revisioner{
+		"/hello world !":    ColonReg{regexp.MustCompile("hello world !"), false},
+		"/!-hello world !":  ColonReg{regexp.MustCompile("hello world !"), true},
+		"/!! hello world !": ColonReg{regexp.MustCompile("! hello world !"), false},
+		"../parser.go":      ColonPath{"../parser.go"},
+		"./parser.go":       ColonPath{"./parser.go"},
+		"parser.go":         ColonPath{"parser.go"},
+		"0:parser.go":       ColonStagePath{"parser.go", 0},
+		"1:parser.go":       ColonStagePath{"parser.go", 1},
+		"2:parser.go":       ColonStagePath{"parser.go", 2},
+		"3:parser.go":       ColonStagePath{"parser.go", 3},
+	}
+
+	for d, expected := range datas {
+		parser := NewParser(bytes.NewBufferString(d))
+
+		result, err := parser.parseColon()
+
+		c.Assert(err, Equals, nil)
+		c.Assert(result, DeepEquals, expected)
+	}
+}
+
+func (s *ParserSuite) TestParseColonWithUnValidExpression(c *C) {
+	datas := map[string]error{
+		"/!test": &ErrInvalidRevision{`revision suffix brace component sequences starting with "/!" others than those defined are reserved`},
+		"/*":     &ErrInvalidRevision{"revision suffix brace component, error parsing regexp: missing argument to repetition operator: `*`"},
+	}
+
+	for s, e := range datas {
+		parser := NewParser(bytes.NewBufferString(s))
+
+		_, err := parser.parseColon()
+
+		c.Assert(err, DeepEquals, e)
+	}
+}
+
+func (s *ParserSuite) TestParseRefWithValidName(c *C) {
+	datas := []string{
+		"lock",
+		"master",
+		"v1.0.0",
+		"refs/stash",
+		"refs/tags/v1.0.0",
+		"refs/heads/master",
+		"refs/remotes/test",
+		"refs/remotes/origin/HEAD",
+		"refs/remotes/origin/master",
+	}
+
+	for _, d := range datas {
+		parser := NewParser(bytes.NewBufferString(d))
+
+		result, err := parser.parseRef()
+
+		c.Assert(err, Equals, nil)
+		c.Assert(result, Equals, Ref(d))
+	}
+}
+
+func (s *ParserSuite) TestParseRefWithUnvalidName(c *C) {
+	datas := map[string]error{
+		".master":                     &ErrInvalidRevision{`must not start with "."`},
+		"/master":                     &ErrInvalidRevision{`must not start with "/"`},
+		"master/":                     &ErrInvalidRevision{`must not end with "/"`},
+		"master.":                     &ErrInvalidRevision{`must not end with "."`},
+		"refs/remotes/.origin/HEAD":   &ErrInvalidRevision{`must not contains "/."`},
+		"test..test":                  &ErrInvalidRevision{`must not contains ".."`},
+		"test..":                      &ErrInvalidRevision{`must not contains ".."`},
+		"test test":                   &ErrInvalidRevision{`must not contains " "`},
+		"test*test":                   &ErrInvalidRevision{`must not contains "*"`},
+		"test?test":                   &ErrInvalidRevision{`must not contains "?"`},
+		"test\\test":                  &ErrInvalidRevision{`must not contains "\"`},
+		"test[test":                   &ErrInvalidRevision{`must not contains "["`},
+		"te//st":                      &ErrInvalidRevision{`must not contains consecutively "/"`},
+		"refs/remotes/test.lock/HEAD": &ErrInvalidRevision{`cannot end with .lock`},
+		"test.lock":                   &ErrInvalidRevision{`cannot end with .lock`},
+	}
+
+	for s, e := range datas {
+		parser := NewParser(bytes.NewBufferString(s))
+
+		_, err := parser.parseRef()
+
+		c.Assert(err, DeepEquals, e)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/revision/scanner.go b/internal/revision/scanner.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fb5f333
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/revision/scanner.go
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+package revision
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"io"
+	"unicode"
+)
+
+// runeCategoryValidator takes a rune as input and
+// validates it belongs to a rune category
+type runeCategoryValidator func(r rune) bool
+
+// tokenizeExpression aggegates a series of runes matching check predicate into a single
+// string and provides given tokenType as token type
+func tokenizeExpression(ch rune, tokenType token, check runeCategoryValidator, r *bufio.Reader) (token, string, error) {
+	var data []rune
+	data = append(data, ch)
+
+	for {
+		c, _, err := r.ReadRune()
+
+		if c == zeroRune {
+			break
+		}
+
+		if err != nil {
+			return tokenError, "", err
+		}
+
+		if check(c) {
+			data = append(data, c)
+		} else {
+			err := r.UnreadRune()
+
+			if err != nil {
+				return tokenError, "", err
+			}
+
+			return tokenType, string(data), nil
+		}
+	}
+
+	return tokenType, string(data), nil
+}
+
+var zeroRune = rune(0)
+
+// scanner represents a lexical scanner.
+type scanner struct {
+	r *bufio.Reader
+}
+
+// newScanner returns a new instance of scanner.
+func newScanner(r io.Reader) *scanner {
+	return &scanner{r: bufio.NewReader(r)}
+}
+
+// Scan extracts tokens and their strings counterpart
+// from the reader
+func (s *scanner) scan() (token, string, error) {
+	ch, _, err := s.r.ReadRune()
+
+	if err != nil && err != io.EOF {
+		return tokenError, "", err
+	}
+
+	switch ch {
+	case zeroRune:
+		return eof, "", nil
+	case ':':
+		return colon, string(ch), nil
+	case '~':
+		return tilde, string(ch), nil
+	case '^':
+		return caret, string(ch), nil
+	case '.':
+		return dot, string(ch), nil
+	case '/':
+		return slash, string(ch), nil
+	case '{':
+		return obrace, string(ch), nil
+	case '}':
+		return cbrace, string(ch), nil
+	case '-':
+		return minus, string(ch), nil
+	case '@':
+		return at, string(ch), nil
+	case '\\':
+		return aslash, string(ch), nil
+	case '?':
+		return qmark, string(ch), nil
+	case '*':
+		return asterisk, string(ch), nil
+	case '[':
+		return obracket, string(ch), nil
+	case '!':
+		return emark, string(ch), nil
+	}
+
+	if unicode.IsSpace(ch) {
+		return space, string(ch), nil
+	}
+
+	if unicode.IsControl(ch) {
+		return control, string(ch), nil
+	}
+
+	if unicode.IsLetter(ch) {
+		return tokenizeExpression(ch, word, unicode.IsLetter, s.r)
+	}
+
+	if unicode.IsNumber(ch) {
+		return tokenizeExpression(ch, number, unicode.IsNumber, s.r)
+	}
+
+	return tokenError, string(ch), nil
+}
diff --git a/internal/revision/scanner_test.go b/internal/revision/scanner_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d27ccb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/revision/scanner_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,194 @@
+package revision
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"testing"
+
+	. "gopkg.in/check.v1"
+)
+
+func Test(t *testing.T) { TestingT(t) }
+
+type ScannerSuite struct{}
+
+var _ = Suite(&ScannerSuite{})
+
+func (s *ScannerSuite) TestReadColon(c *C) {
+	scanner := newScanner(bytes.NewBufferString(":"))
+	tok, data, err := scanner.scan()
+
+	c.Assert(err, Equals, nil)
+	c.Assert(data, Equals, ":")
+	c.Assert(tok, Equals, colon)
+}
+
+func (s *ScannerSuite) TestReadTilde(c *C) {
+	scanner := newScanner(bytes.NewBufferString("~"))
+	tok, data, err := scanner.scan()
+
+	c.Assert(err, Equals, nil)
+	c.Assert(data, Equals, "~")
+	c.Assert(tok, Equals, tilde)
+}
+
+func (s *ScannerSuite) TestReadCaret(c *C) {
+	scanner := newScanner(bytes.NewBufferString("^"))
+	tok, data, err := scanner.scan()
+
+	c.Assert(err, Equals, nil)
+	c.Assert(data, Equals, "^")
+	c.Assert(tok, Equals, caret)
+}
+
+func (s *ScannerSuite) TestReadDot(c *C) {
+	scanner := newScanner(bytes.NewBufferString("."))
+	tok, data, err := scanner.scan()
+
+	c.Assert(err, Equals, nil)
+	c.Assert(data, Equals, ".")
+	c.Assert(tok, Equals, dot)
+}
+
+func (s *ScannerSuite) TestReadSlash(c *C) {
+	scanner := newScanner(bytes.NewBufferString("/"))
+	tok, data, err := scanner.scan()
+
+	c.Assert(err, Equals, nil)
+	c.Assert(data, Equals, "/")
+	c.Assert(tok, Equals, slash)
+}
+
+func (s *ScannerSuite) TestReadEOF(c *C) {
+	scanner := newScanner(bytes.NewBufferString(string(rune(0))))
+	tok, data, err := scanner.scan()
+
+	c.Assert(err, Equals, nil)
+	c.Assert(data, Equals, "")
+	c.Assert(tok, Equals, eof)
+}
+
+func (s *ScannerSuite) TestReadNumber(c *C) {
+	scanner := newScanner(bytes.NewBufferString("1234"))
+	tok, data, err := scanner.scan()
+
+	c.Assert(err, Equals, nil)
+	c.Assert(data, Equals, "1234")
+	c.Assert(tok, Equals, number)
+}
+
+func (s *ScannerSuite) TestReadSpace(c *C) {
+	scanner := newScanner(bytes.NewBufferString(" "))
+	tok, data, err := scanner.scan()
+
+	c.Assert(err, Equals, nil)
+	c.Assert(data, Equals, " ")
+	c.Assert(tok, Equals, space)
+}
+
+func (s *ScannerSuite) TestReadControl(c *C) {
+	scanner := newScanner(bytes.NewBufferString(""))
+	tok, data, err := scanner.scan()
+
+	c.Assert(err, Equals, nil)
+	c.Assert(data, Equals, "\x01")
+	c.Assert(tok, Equals, control)
+}
+
+func (s *ScannerSuite) TestReadOpenBrace(c *C) {
+	scanner := newScanner(bytes.NewBufferString("{"))
+	tok, data, err := scanner.scan()
+
+	c.Assert(err, Equals, nil)
+	c.Assert(data, Equals, "{")
+	c.Assert(tok, Equals, obrace)
+}
+
+func (s *ScannerSuite) TestReadCloseBrace(c *C) {
+	scanner := newScanner(bytes.NewBufferString("}"))
+	tok, data, err := scanner.scan()
+
+	c.Assert(err, Equals, nil)
+	c.Assert(data, Equals, "}")
+	c.Assert(tok, Equals, cbrace)
+}
+
+func (s *ScannerSuite) TestReadMinus(c *C) {
+	scanner := newScanner(bytes.NewBufferString("-"))
+	tok, data, err := scanner.scan()
+
+	c.Assert(err, Equals, nil)
+	c.Assert(data, Equals, "-")
+	c.Assert(tok, Equals, minus)
+}
+
+func (s *ScannerSuite) TestReadAt(c *C) {
+	scanner := newScanner(bytes.NewBufferString("@"))
+	tok, data, err := scanner.scan()
+
+	c.Assert(err, Equals, nil)
+	c.Assert(data, Equals, "@")
+	c.Assert(tok, Equals, at)
+}
+
+func (s *ScannerSuite) TestReadAntislash(c *C) {
+	scanner := newScanner(bytes.NewBufferString("\\"))
+	tok, data, err := scanner.scan()
+
+	c.Assert(err, Equals, nil)
+	c.Assert(data, Equals, "\\")
+	c.Assert(tok, Equals, aslash)
+}
+
+func (s *ScannerSuite) TestReadQuestionMark(c *C) {
+	scanner := newScanner(bytes.NewBufferString("?"))
+	tok, data, err := scanner.scan()
+
+	c.Assert(err, Equals, nil)
+	c.Assert(data, Equals, "?")
+	c.Assert(tok, Equals, qmark)
+}
+
+func (s *ScannerSuite) TestReadAsterisk(c *C) {
+	scanner := newScanner(bytes.NewBufferString("*"))
+	tok, data, err := scanner.scan()
+
+	c.Assert(err, Equals, nil)
+	c.Assert(data, Equals, "*")
+	c.Assert(tok, Equals, asterisk)
+}
+
+func (s *ScannerSuite) TestReadOpenBracket(c *C) {
+	scanner := newScanner(bytes.NewBufferString("["))
+	tok, data, err := scanner.scan()
+
+	c.Assert(err, Equals, nil)
+	c.Assert(data, Equals, "[")
+	c.Assert(tok, Equals, obracket)
+}
+
+func (s *ScannerSuite) TestReadExclamationMark(c *C) {
+	scanner := newScanner(bytes.NewBufferString("!"))
+	tok, data, err := scanner.scan()
+
+	c.Assert(err, Equals, nil)
+	c.Assert(data, Equals, "!")
+	c.Assert(tok, Equals, emark)
+}
+
+func (s *ScannerSuite) TestReadWord(c *C) {
+	scanner := newScanner(bytes.NewBufferString("abcde"))
+	tok, data, err := scanner.scan()
+
+	c.Assert(err, Equals, nil)
+	c.Assert(data, Equals, "abcde")
+	c.Assert(tok, Equals, word)
+}
+
+func (s *ScannerSuite) TestReadTokenError(c *C) {
+	scanner := newScanner(bytes.NewBufferString("`"))
+	tok, data, err := scanner.scan()
+
+	c.Assert(err, Equals, nil)
+	c.Assert(data, Equals, "`")
+	c.Assert(tok, Equals, tokenError)
+}
diff --git a/internal/revision/token.go b/internal/revision/token.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..abc4048
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/revision/token.go
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package revision
+
+// token represents a entity extracted from string parsing
+type token int
+
+const (
+	eof token = iota
+
+	aslash
+	asterisk
+	at
+	caret
+	cbrace
+	colon
+	control
+	dot
+	emark
+	minus
+	number
+	obrace
+	obracket
+	qmark
+	slash
+	space
+	tilde
+	tokenError
+	word
+)