From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:36:46 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] match_tree_entry(): a pathspec only matches at directory boundaries
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In-Reply-To: <7vwsa3llac.fsf_-_@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>



On Wed, 1 Apr 2009, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>
> Previously the code did a simple prefix match, which means that a path in
> a directory "frotz/" would have matched with pathspec "f".
> 
> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

I have this suspicion that we should be able to write it more readably, 
but yes:

	Acked-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

because the current code is clearly buggy.

		Linus