Hi Junio, On Mon, 11 Mar 2019, Junio C Hamano wrote: > "Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@xxxxxxxxx> > writes: > > > From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@xxxxxx> > > > > When passing a list of pathspecs to, say, `git add`, we need to be > > careful to use the original form, not the parsed form of the pathspecs. > > > > This makes a difference e.g. when calling > > > > git stash -- ':(glob)**/*.txt' > > > > where the original form includes the `:(glob)` prefix while the parsed > > form does not. > > > > However, in the built-in `git stash`, we passed the parsed (i.e. > > incorrect) form, and `git add` would fail with the error message: > > > > fatal: pathspec '**/*.txt' did not match any files > > > > at the stage where `git stash` drops the changes from the worktree, even > > if `refs/stash` has been actually updated successfully. > > > > This fixes https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/2037 > > > > Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@xxxxxx> > > --- > > builtin/stash.c | 5 +++-- > > t/t3905-stash-include-untracked.sh | 6 ++++++ > > 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/builtin/stash.c b/builtin/stash.c > > index 1bfa24030c..2f29d037c8 100644 > > --- a/builtin/stash.c > > +++ b/builtin/stash.c > > @@ -830,7 +830,7 @@ static void add_pathspecs(struct argv_array *args, > > int i; > > > > for (i = 0; i < ps.nr; i++) > > - argv_array_push(args, ps.items[i].match); > > + argv_array_push(args, ps.items[i].original); > > } > > Yup. I think Thomas and Peff were also looking at the vicinity of > this code wrt the pass-by-value-ness of ps parameter. Their fix > need to also come on top of this (or combined together). I agree. How can I help? Ciao, Dscho