Bug (or inconsistency) in git add

From: Steve Bennett <stevage@gmail.com>
Date: Apr 30, 2012, 04:03 UTC
Message-ID: <CADJEhEVNPj_FrRatjD7Jmbd7i_FYg9BzNNP48_4VAr6fgqBT8Q@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CADJEhEWC=mMManxi9Q6W9EvVKmTV=i1ZxbdW4QS_ou_DrBEb+Q@mail.gmail.com>

I couldn't find a bug tracker for Git, so here's my bug report.

Given a directory containing foo/bar/baz/blah.py and foo/bar/baz/blem.py, this command: 1) git add foo/**/*.py

produces no output, and adds no files.

This command: 2) git add /**.py

produces no output but adds all the files.

This command: 3) git add foo/**.py

produces an error and adds no files.

IMHO, "git add" should always produce an error message if no files matched the pathspec given. So case 1) should produce an error message.

git version 1.7.9.4 on Snow Leopard. (There doesn't seem to be a 1.7.10 at http://code.google.com/p/git-osx-installer/downloads/list?can=3)

If this is some weird bash shell behaviour, my apologies.

Steve