Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy <pclouds@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > I was looking at how read_directory() uses pathspec, and it seems that > simplify_away(), the function that cuts out directories early if > they're definitely outside given pathspec, does exact match (ie. > memcmp) regardless core.ignorecase. This means "git add -- '*.c'" may > not work as expected when core.ignorecase is on. I don't think for '*.c' it would make any difference, but it is very plausible that 'frotz/*.c' will cull 'Frotz/anything' as "never going to match". > The whole simplifying thing in read_directory() will eventually be > replaced with real pathspec matching as we put more magic in pathspec. That should be done not "as" but "before". Get the foundation right before going fancier. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html