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Re: Doing a git add '' will add more files then expected

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Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
Date
Nov 17, 2014, 18:15 UTC
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Guilherme <guibufolo@gmail.com> writes:
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> Steps to reproduce:
> In bash (not sure this is bash specific) do:
> git add ''
> (that's to apostrophes, an empty argument)
>
> Results
> same as doing git add .
>
> Expected
> no files added or error about not finding file ''

The argument to git add is a pathspec, and the empty pathspec matches all files.

Andreas.
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  1. GuilhermeNov 17, 2014
  2. Andreas SchwabNov 17, 2014
  3. Matthieu MoyNov 17, 2014
  4. Junio C HamanoNov 17, 2014
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