From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2016 17:59:42 GMT
Subject: Re: [bug] assertion in 2.8.4 triggering on old-ish worktree
Message-ID: <xmqqbn31581d.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAFOYHZArnE6vJ0U1zJAxytCBJJU5M-VtHbct6Qq4VPfw7-T-2A@mail.gmail.com>

Chris Packham <judge.packham@gmail.com> writes:

> On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 4:59 PM, Chris Packham <judge.packham@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I have the git-sh-prompt configured in my .bashrc today I visited an
>> old worktree that I haven't really touched in a few years (sorry can't
>> remember the git version I was using back then). I received the
>> following output when changing to the directory
>>
>> git: pathspec.c:317: prefix_pathspec: Assertion `item->nowildcard_len
>> <= item->len && item->prefix <= item->len' failed.
>>
>> I assume it's one of the git invocations in git-sh-prompt that's
>> hitting the assertion. Any thoughts on what might be triggering it?
>> Any debug I can gather?
>
> A bit more info. The directory in question is a uninitialised
> submodule. It doesn't trigger in the root of the parent project.


Sounds like
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/283549