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-rw-r--r--setup.c23
-rwxr-xr-xt/t1506-rev-parse-diagnosis.sh14
2 files changed, 34 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/setup.c b/setup.c
index e2a479a64f..12228c0d9c 100644
--- a/setup.c
+++ b/setup.c
@@ -197,9 +197,26 @@ static void NORETURN die_verify_filename(struct repository *r,
*/
static int looks_like_pathspec(const char *arg)
{
- /* anything with a wildcard character */
- if (!no_wildcard(arg))
- return 1;
+ const char *p;
+ int escaped = 0;
+
+ /*
+ * Wildcard characters imply the user is looking to match pathspecs
+ * that aren't in the filesystem. Note that this doesn't include
+ * backslash even though it's a glob special; by itself it doesn't
+ * cause any increase in the match. Likewise ignore backslash-escaped
+ * wildcard characters.
+ */
+ for (p = arg; *p; p++) {
+ if (escaped) {
+ escaped = 0;
+ } else if (is_glob_special(*p)) {
+ if (*p == '\\')
+ escaped = 1;
+ else
+ return 1;
+ }
+ }
/* long-form pathspec magic */
if (starts_with(arg, ":("))
diff --git a/t/t1506-rev-parse-diagnosis.sh b/t/t1506-rev-parse-diagnosis.sh
index 624d0a588f..2c2bcb024f 100755
--- a/t/t1506-rev-parse-diagnosis.sh
+++ b/t/t1506-rev-parse-diagnosis.sh
@@ -222,4 +222,18 @@ test_expect_success 'reject Nth ancestor if N is too high' '
test_must_fail git rev-parse HEAD~100000000000000000000000000000000
'
+test_expect_success 'pathspecs with wildcards are not ambiguous' '
+ echo "*.c" >expect &&
+ git rev-parse "*.c" >actual &&
+ test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'backslash does not trigger wildcard rule' '
+ test_must_fail git rev-parse "foo\\bar"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'escaped char does not trigger wildcard rule' '
+ test_must_fail git rev-parse "foo\\*bar"
+'
+
test_done