From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2017 20:19:09 GMT
Subject: Re: slightly confusing message
Message-ID: <xmqq1susk43m.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <7cca3326-d6b5-4669-7256-ab275567b72e@georgemail.eu>

Leon George <leon@georgemail.eu> writes:

> Every once in a while this:
>
> £ git add -p .
> warning: empty strings as pathspecs will be made invalid in upcoming
> releases. please use . instead if you meant to match all paths
> No changes.
>
> It seems to happen only when there are no more modified files and git
> still works wonderfully otherwise - just wanted to let you know.

This sounds vaguely familiar and indeed I think it is this one:

https://public-inbox.org/git/CAEnOLdvG=SoKFxeJ_pLmamGj_8osC+28TSg+pbFLLTr+ZLcpQA@mail.gmail.com/

which was from late last year.  

I suspect that the issue may already be fixed at the tip of 'master'
(aka Git 2.12-rc2).

Thanks.