From 28fcc0b71a6543fe50576efc1ac8fb4e4555b6a6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Duy Nguyen Date: Sat, 2 May 2015 09:04:32 +0700 Subject: [PATCH] pathspec: avoid the need of "--" when wildcard is used When "--" is lacking from the command line and a command can take both revs and paths, the idea is if an argument can be seen as both an extended SHA-1 and a path, then "--" is required or git refuses to continue. It's currently implemented as: (1) if an argument is rev, then it must not exist in worktree (2) else, it must exist in worktree (3) else, "--" is required. These rules work for literal paths, but when non-literal pathspec is involved, it almost always requires the user to add "--" because it fails (2) and (1) is really rarely met (take "*.c" for example, (1) is met if there is a ref named "*.c"). This patch modifies the rules a bit by considering any valid (*) wildcard pathspec "exist in worktree". The rules become: (1) if an arg is a rev, then it must either exist in worktree or not be a valid wildcard pathspec. (2) else, it either exists in worktree or is a wildcard pathspec (3) else, "--" is required. With the new rules, "--" is not needed most of the time when wildcard pathspec is involved. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- setup.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/setup.c b/setup.c index 979b13f0c6..1055b82708 100644 --- a/setup.c +++ b/setup.c @@ -140,7 +140,9 @@ int check_filename(const char *prefix, const char *arg) if (arg[2] == '\0') /* ":/" is root dir, always exists */ return 1; name = arg + 2; - } else if (prefix) + } else if (!no_wildcard(arg)) + return 1; + else if (prefix) name = prefix_filename(prefix, strlen(prefix), arg); else name = arg;