Re: [PATCH] git-svn: fix ls-tree usage with dash-prefixed paths

> On 2009.03.31 09:11:00 +0200, Björn Steinbrink wrote:
> > And interestingly, the problem doesn't seem to be in
> > show_tree/show_recursive, but in match_tree_entry.
> > 
> > With "git ls-tree HEAD gitweb/git-favicon.png g" we descend into gitweb/
> > and at some point we get:
> > 
> > match = "g"
> > base = "gitweb/"
> > 
> > And we have:
> > if (baselen >= matchlen) {
> > 	if (strncmp(base, match, matchlen))
> > 		continue;
> > 	/* The base is a subdirectory of a path which was specified */
> > 	return 1;
> > }
> > 
> > So we return 1 there. The code doesn't do what the comment says, so I
> > guess we can be pretty sure that the behaviour is not intended.
> 
> Yup, it's in match_tree_entry, you get the same thing with git show.
> With git.git, you can try with:
> 
> git show 4fa535a -- Documentation/git-merge.txt D
> 
> I'll try to get a patch done, if noone beats me to it.