1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/dir.c b/dir.c
index c332fd0096..d91295f2bc 100644
--- a/dir.c
+++ b/dir.c
@@ -727,7 +727,7 @@ static void add_pattern_to_hashsets(struct pattern_list *pl, struct path_pattern
 	}
 
 	if (given->patternlen < 2 ||
-	    *given->pattern == '*' ||
+	    *given->pattern != '/' ||
 	    strstr(given->pattern, "**")) {
 		/* Not a cone pattern. */
 		warning(_("unrecognized pattern: '%s'"), given->pattern);
@@ -819,9 +819,7 @@ static void add_pattern_to_hashsets(struct pattern_list *pl, struct path_pattern
 		/* we already included this at the parent level */
 		warning(_("your sparse-checkout file may have issues: pattern '%s' is repeated"),
 			given->pattern);
-		hashmap_remove(&pl->parent_hashmap, &translated->ent, &data);
-		free(data);
-		free(translated);
+		goto clear_hashmaps;
 	}
 
 	return;