Hi Duy, > It's from 28fcc0b (pathspec: avoid the need of "--" when wildcard is > used - 2015-05-02) v2.5.0 is the first release which contains 28fcc0b. I can confirm that older versions of Git work correctly without “--“: # /opt/local/bin/git version git version 1.7.1.1 # /opt/local/bin/git show HEAD:bra[ckets].txt asd Looks like a regression?-- 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