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-rw-r--r--pathspec.c11
-rwxr-xr-xt/t3600-rm.sh5
-rwxr-xr-xt/t3700-add.sh5
3 files changed, 19 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/pathspec.c b/pathspec.c
index c9e9b6c077..729df9f385 100644
--- a/pathspec.c
+++ b/pathspec.c
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ void parse_pathspec(struct pathspec *pathspec,
{
struct pathspec_item *item;
const char *entry = argv ? *argv : NULL;
- int i, n, prefixlen, nr_exclude = 0;
+ int i, n, prefixlen, warn_empty_string, nr_exclude = 0;
memset(pathspec, 0, sizeof(*pathspec));
@@ -402,8 +402,15 @@ void parse_pathspec(struct pathspec *pathspec,
}
n = 0;
- while (argv[n])
+ warn_empty_string = 1;
+ while (argv[n]) {
+ if (*argv[n] == '\0' && warn_empty_string) {
+ warning(_("empty strings as pathspecs will be made invalid in upcoming releases. "
+ "please use . instead if you meant to match all paths"));
+ warn_empty_string = 0;
+ }
n++;
+ }
pathspec->nr = n;
ALLOC_ARRAY(pathspec->items, n);
diff --git a/t/t3600-rm.sh b/t/t3600-rm.sh
index d046d98aec..14f0edca2b 100755
--- a/t/t3600-rm.sh
+++ b/t/t3600-rm.sh
@@ -881,4 +881,9 @@ test_expect_success 'rm files with two different errors' '
test_i18ncmp expect actual
'
+test_expect_success 'rm empty string should invoke warning' '
+ git rm -rf "" 2>output &&
+ test_i18ngrep "warning: empty strings" output
+'
+
test_done
diff --git a/t/t3700-add.sh b/t/t3700-add.sh
index f14a665356..05379d0a4a 100755
--- a/t/t3700-add.sh
+++ b/t/t3700-add.sh
@@ -332,4 +332,9 @@ test_expect_success 'git add --dry-run --ignore-missing of non-existing file out
test_i18ncmp expect.err actual.err
'
+test_expect_success 'git add empty string should invoke warning' '
+ git add "" 2>output &&
+ test_i18ngrep "warning: empty strings" output
+'
+
test_done