Re: Expected behaviour for pathspecs matching attributes in subdirectories

[Matthew Hughes <matthewhughes934@gmail.com>]

On Fri, Jul 07, 2023 at 10:23:56AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> I think in this case the common prefix optimization in "ls-files.c"
> is broken.  If we disable it like the attached illustration patch,
> we will see that pathspecs that end with "sub" or "sub/" behave the
> same way, which is what I think people would expect.

Thanks, this also revealed a temporary workaround for me, just add a pathspec
that ensures there's no common prefix but also matches nothing:

    $ git ls-files -- ':(attr:labelA)sub/sub/' 'not/a/real/path'
    sub/sub/fileA

I might have a look into that optimization and see what changes might be made,
but given I am unfamiliar with the code-base this might not be the most
productive search.