Re: Excluding paths with wildcard not working with add -p

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: May 29, 2022, 18:25 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqh758yz4u.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <CAHd499D81VN=aGsM6kaNLF2ZMg-Zg10U=qU-j7gQ7uXnqqfdqg@mail.gmail.com>

Robert Dailey <rcdailey.lists@gmail.com> writes:

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> If I run the command:
>
>     git add -p -- ':^*.cs'
>
> I get an error:
>
> fatal: empty string is not a valid pathspec. please use . instead if
> you meant to match all paths
> Cannot close git diff-index --cached --numstat --summary HEAD --
> :(exclude,prefix:0)*.cs  () at C:/Program
> Files/Git/mingw64/libexec/git-core\git-add--interactive line 242.
>
> However, it works if I remove `-p`. Also observed this works too:
>
>     git add -p -- ':*.cs'
>
> So it looks like we have a corner case where I can't do a patch add
> while excluding files. Is this intentional?

I do not think so.

Does this command

    git add -p -- . ':^*.cs'

work as you expect?