>>>>> "Johannes" == Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@xxxxxx> writes: Johannes> + next if $name =~ '/$'; This is misleading. That's a regex there. And it also falsely matches a string ending in "/\n", but I bet there are parts of git that break on those filenames too. :) Consider: next if $name =~ m{/\z}; which matches precisely when the filename ends in /. -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <merlyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Perl/Unix/security consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See PerlTraining.Stonehenge.com for onsite and open-enrollment Perl training! - 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