# [bug] incorrect pathspec handling in git stash error message

1 messages from 2024-11-29 to 2024-11-29. Participants: Tamas Dina.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/62564

## Tamas Dina, 2024-11-29 11:46

Subject: [bug] incorrect pathspec handling in git stash error message
Message-ID: <CAMZfs4Vfi4OfuO3=7yT=ge7MHXf1iPhZjeJSzgnr=9oQFiRKjg@mail.gmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CAMZfs4Vfi4OfuO3%3D7yT%3Dge7MHXf1iPhZjeJSzgnr%3D9oQFiRKjg%40mail.gmail.com

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===== What did you do before the bug happened? (Steps to reproduce your issue)
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Here is how to reproduce the issue from scratch:
1. mkdir testrepo
2. cd testrepo
3. git init
4. touch testfile
5. git stash push testfile

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===== What did you expect to happen? (Expected behavior)
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Because 'testfile' is untracked, I expected an error message similar to this:
    testrepo $ git checkout testfile
    error: pathspec 'testfile' did not match any file(s) known to git

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===== What happened instead? (Actual behavior)
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This is what happens instead:
    testrepo $ git stash push testfile
    error: pathspec ':(prefix:0)testfile' did not match any file(s) known to git
    Did you forget to 'git add'?

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===== What's different between what you expected and what actually happened?
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Looks like the magic prefix is handled incorrectly in git stash error messages.

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git version 2.47.1
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$SHELL (typically, interactive shell): /bin/zsh
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