Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Yes, that can work, for example like this (replacing the patch you're > replying to). I think that would be a better approach if we were to do this. I still have the same reservation that "this is fundamentally not worse but still hurts the users more". > + /* > + * Check if "git add -A" or "git add -u" was run from a > + * subdirectory with a modified file outside that directory, > + * and warn if so. > + * > + * "git add -u" will behave like "git add -u :/" instead of > + * "git add -u ." in the future. This warning prepares for > + * that change. > + */ > + if (implicit_dot && > + !match_pathspec(implicit_dot, path, strlen(path), 0, NULL)) { This one really should *not* use match_pathspec(), I think. It is a special case where we were asked to limit to our directory but decided to grab everything instead and filtering the outcome outselves. We should have a "path to the starting directory" aka "prefix" in implicit_dot and check if path is covered by the prefix instead. > + warn_pathless_add(); > + continue; > + } > switch (fix_unmerged_status(p, data)) { > default: > die(_("unexpected diff status %c"), p->status); -- 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