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[Bug] Pathspec matching breaks the add command

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Ssmaudet@sebastianaudet.com <smaudet@sebastianaudet.com>
Date
Sep 17, 2018, 01:52 UTC
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<20180917015259.GA26339@sebastianaudet.com>
The following:
git add -u :\(glob,attr:-someAttr\):src/**
Produces an error that, according to the source code, should never be visible to the user. This attribute/pathspec *should* be supported according to the documentation provided by git:
fatal: BUG:builtin/add.c:498: unsupported magic 40

It looks like the documentation claims more features than the source code supports, perhaps incorrectly because I think you shouldn't be restricted to a set of attributes, and the source code doesn't properly do its job anyways and never handles this scenario.

This should be fixed, if I have any time I'll look into what it would take to submit a patch, but I don't have the time for this right now.
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  2. Duy NguyenSep 17, 2018
  3. Brandon Williams's E-Mail bouncingÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Sep 17, 2018
  4. Stefan BellerSep 17, 2018
  5. add: do not accept pathspec magic 'attr'Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Sep 18, 2018
  6. Junio C HamanoSep 19, 2018
  7. Junio C HamanoSep 20, 2018

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