git add does not sanitize paths

From: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@computergmbh.de>
Date: Jan 25, 2008, 19:57 UTC
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0801252055520.15243@fbirervta.pbzchgretzou.qr>

Hi,

	git add net/netfilter//nf_conntrack_sip.c

while this is a valid path in Linux, git refuses to add it to the index. Would it be worthwhile to sanitize it (either by calling realpath(3) or by doing a stat(2))? (Please consider this as a feature request.) Please cc on replies, thanks :)

Jan

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