Re: [PATCH] ls-files: fix overeager pathspec optimization

[Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>]

On Sat, 9 Jan 2010, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> 
> Having sent these patches, I am wondering if the simplest fix might be this
> one-liner.
> 
> diff --git a/dir.c b/dir.c
> index d0999ba..7fba335 100644
> --- a/dir.c
> +++ b/dir.c
> @@ -788,3 +788,3 @@ int read_directory(struct dir_struct *dir, const char *path, int len, const char
>  	simplify = create_simplify(pathspec);
> -	read_directory_recursive(dir, path, len, 0, simplify);
> +	read_directory_recursive(dir, "", 0, 0, simplify);
>  	free_simplify(simplify);

That one-liner doesn't work at all for me.

Lookie here:

	[torvalds@nehalem linux]$ touch drivers/char/hello.c
	[torvalds@nehalem linux]$ ~/git/git ls-files --exclude-standard -o drivers/char
	[torvalds@nehalem linux]$ git ls-files --exclude-standard -o drivers/char
	drivers/char/hello.c

where that ~/git/git is the version with the one-liner.

IOW, it now ignores _everything_, because the dir and the path don't 
match.

		Linus