From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2012 21:30:57 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] add core.pathspecGlob config option
Message-ID: <7vfw3191bi.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <20121219203449.GA10001@sigill.intra.peff.net>

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

> diff --git a/dir.c b/dir.c
> index 5a83aa7..6e81d4f 100644
> --- a/dir.c
> +++ b/dir.c
> @@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ static int match_one(const char *match, const char *name, int namelen)
>  		for (;;) {
>  			unsigned char c1 = tolower(*match);
>  			unsigned char c2 = tolower(*name);
> -			if (c1 == '\0' || is_glob_special(c1))
> +			if (c1 == '\0' || (core_pathspec_glob && is_glob_special(c1)))
>  				break;
>  			if (c1 != c2)
>  				return 0;

I think you can also do the same to the common_prefix(); we check
for common leading directory prefix but punt upon seeing a directory
component that has a glob character, and under the "literal" mode,
it is not a special character.