On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 5:17 AM, Peter Wu <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> The `git archive` seems to accept a pathspec judging from the error message (git
> version 2.1.0):
>
> git archive HEAD -- :x
> fatal: pathspec 'x' did not match any files
>
> When I try to use deeper glob specs however, it throws an error (this also
> happens if I use `:(glob)**/Makefile`, tested in the git source tree):
>
> $ git archive HEAD -- ':(glob)*/Makefile'
> fatal: pathspec '*/Makefile' did not match any files
>
> Strange enough, command `git log -- ':(glob)*/Makefile'` works. Any idea what is
> wrong?
There may be something wrong. This patch seems to make it work for me,
but it includes lots of empty directories. I'll have a closer look
later (btw it's surprising that negative pathspec works too..)
diff --git a/archive.c b/archive.c
index 3fc0fb2..a5be58d 100644
--- a/archive.c
+++ b/archive.c
@@ -221,6 +221,7 @@ static int path_exists(struct tree *tree, const char *path)
int ret;
parse_pathspec(&pathspec, 0, 0, "", paths);
+ pathspec.recursive = 1;
ret = read_tree_recursive(tree, "", 0, 0, &pathspec, reject_entry, NULL);
free_pathspec(&pathspec);
return ret != 0;
@@ -237,6 +238,7 @@ static void parse_pathspec_arg(const char **pathspec,
parse_pathspec(&ar_args->pathspec, 0,
PATHSPEC_PREFER_FULL,
"", pathspec);
+ ar_args->pathspec.recursive = 1;
if (pathspec) {
while (*pathspec) {
if (**pathspec && !path_exists(ar_args->tree, *pathspec))
--
Duy
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