Merge branch 'sb/pathspec-errors'

Running "git add a/b" when "a" is a submodule correctly errored
out, but without a meaningful error message.

* sb/pathspec-errors:
  pathspec: give better message for submodule related pathspec error

1 files changed, 36 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/t/t6134-pathspec-in-submodule.sh b/t/t6134-pathspec-in-submodule.sh
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index 0000000000..fd401ca605
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/t6134-pathspec-in-submodule.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+test_description='test case exclude pathspec'
+
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+test_expect_success 'setup a submodule' '
+	test_create_repo pretzel &&
+	: >pretzel/a &&
+	git -C pretzel add a &&
+	git -C pretzel commit -m "add a file" -- a &&
+	git submodule add ./pretzel sub &&
+	git commit -a -m "add submodule" &&
+	git submodule deinit --all
+'
+
+cat <<EOF >expect
+fatal: Pathspec 'sub/a' is in submodule 'sub'
+EOF
+
+test_expect_success 'error message for path inside submodule' '
+	echo a >sub/a &&
+	test_must_fail git add sub/a 2>actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+cat <<EOF >expect
+fatal: Pathspec '.' is in submodule 'sub'
+EOF
+
+test_expect_success 'error message for path inside submodule from within submodule' '
+	test_must_fail git -C sub add . 2>actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+test_done