1 files changed, 50 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/dir.c b/dir.c
index 3bad1ade8d..bfa8c8a9a5 100644
--- a/dir.c
+++ b/dir.c
@@ -207,8 +207,9 @@ int within_depth(const char *name, int namelen,
 	return 1;
 }
 
-#define DO_MATCH_EXCLUDE   1
-#define DO_MATCH_DIRECTORY 2
+#define DO_MATCH_EXCLUDE   (1<<0)
+#define DO_MATCH_DIRECTORY (1<<1)
+#define DO_MATCH_SUBMODULE (1<<2)
 
 /*
  * Does 'match' match the given name?
@@ -283,6 +284,32 @@ static int match_pathspec_item(const struct pathspec_item *item, int prefix,
 			 item->nowildcard_len - prefix))
 		return MATCHED_FNMATCH;
 
+	/* Perform checks to see if "name" is a super set of the pathspec */
+	if (flags & DO_MATCH_SUBMODULE) {
+		/* name is a literal prefix of the pathspec */
+		if ((namelen < matchlen) &&
+		    (match[namelen] == '/') &&
+		    !ps_strncmp(item, match, name, namelen))
+			return MATCHED_RECURSIVELY;
+
+		/* name" doesn't match up to the first wild character */
+		if (item->nowildcard_len < item->len &&
+		    ps_strncmp(item, match, name,
+			       item->nowildcard_len - prefix))
+			return 0;
+
+		/*
+		 * Here is where we would perform a wildmatch to check if
+		 * "name" can be matched as a directory (or a prefix) against
+		 * the pathspec.  Since wildmatch doesn't have this capability
+		 * at the present we have to punt and say that it is a match,
+		 * potentially returning a false positive
+		 * The submodules themselves will be able to perform more
+		 * accurate matching to determine if the pathspec matches.
+		 */
+		return MATCHED_RECURSIVELY;
+	}
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -386,6 +413,21 @@ int match_pathspec(const struct pathspec *ps,
 	return negative ? 0 : positive;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Check if a submodule is a superset of the pathspec
+ */
+int submodule_path_match(const struct pathspec *ps,
+			 const char *submodule_name,
+			 char *seen)
+{
+	int matched = do_match_pathspec(ps, submodule_name,
+					strlen(submodule_name),
+					0, seen,
+					DO_MATCH_DIRECTORY |
+					DO_MATCH_SUBMODULE);
+	return matched;
+}
+
 int report_path_error(const char *ps_matched,
 		      const struct pathspec *pathspec,
 		      const char *prefix)
@@ -2195,8 +2237,6 @@ static GIT_PATH_FUNC(git_path_info_exclude, "info/exclude")
 
 void setup_standard_excludes(struct dir_struct *dir)
 {
-	const char *path;
-
 	dir->exclude_per_dir = ".gitignore";
 
 	/* core.excludefile defaulting to $XDG_HOME/git/ignore */
@@ -2207,10 +2247,12 @@ void setup_standard_excludes(struct dir_struct *dir)
 					 dir->untracked ? &dir->ss_excludes_file : NULL);
 
 	/* per repository user preference */
-	path = git_path_info_exclude();
-	if (!access_or_warn(path, R_OK, 0))
-		add_excludes_from_file_1(dir, path,
-					 dir->untracked ? &dir->ss_info_exclude : NULL);
+	if (startup_info->have_repository) {
+		const char *path = git_path_info_exclude();
+		if (!access_or_warn(path, R_OK, 0))
+			add_excludes_from_file_1(dir, path,
+						 dir->untracked ? &dir->ss_info_exclude : NULL);
+	}
 }
 
 int remove_path(const char *name)