On January 6, 2021 5:22 PM, Daniel Troger wrote: > Hi, maybe this helps you reproduce. I think I should have committed before > doing the second changes but I still got the error message and the two > names for one folder: > > me@iMac:/tmp$ mkdir git_bug > me@iMac:/tmp$ cd git_bug > me@iMac:/tmp/git_bug$ git init > hint: Using 'master' as the name for the initial branch. This default branch > name > hint: is subject to change. To configure the initial branch name to use in all > hint: of your new repositories, which will suppress this warning, call: > hint: > hint: git config --global init.defaultBranch <name> > hint: > hint: Names commonly chosen instead of 'master' are 'main', 'trunk' and > hint: 'development'. The just-created branch can be renamed via this > command: > hint: > hint: git branch -m <name> > Initialized empty Git repository in /private/tmp/git_bug/.git/ > me@iMac:/tmp/git_bug$ ls -la total 8 > drwxr-xr-x 4 daniel wheel 128 Jan 6 23:13 . > drwxrwxrwt 27 root wheel 864 Jan 6 23:13 .. > drwxr-xr-x 9 daniel wheel 288 Jan 6 23:12 .git > -rw-r--r--@ 1 daniel staff 1283 Jan 6 23:13 paulbrunngård-springyard.zip > me@iMac:/tmp/git_bug$ unzip paulbrunngård-springyard.zip > Archive: paulbrunngård-springyard.zip > creating: paulbrunnga??rd-springyard/ > inflating: paulbrunnga??rd-springyard/.DS_Store > creating: __MACOSX/ > creating: __MACOSX/paulbrunnga??rd-springyard/ > inflating: __MACOSX/paulbrunnga??rd-springyard/._.DS_Store > extracting: paulbrunnga??rd-springyard/empty me@iMac:/tmp/git_bug$ rm > -rf __MACOSX/ *.zip me@iMac:/tmp/git_bug$ ls -la total 0 > drwxr-xr-x 4 daniel wheel 128 Jan 6 23:15 . > drwxrwxrwt 27 root wheel 864 Jan 6 23:13 .. > drwxr-xr-x 9 daniel wheel 288 Jan 6 23:15 .git > drwxr-xr-x@ 4 daniel wheel 128 Jan 6 12:20 paulbrunngård-springyard > me@iMac:/tmp/git_bug$ cd paulbrunngård-springyard/ > me@iMac:/tmp/git_bug/paulbrunngård-springyard$ nano empty > me@iMac:/tmp/git_bug/paulbrunngård-springyard$ cat empty Initial > content me@iMac:/tmp/git_bug/paulbrunngård-springyard$ git add empty > me@iMac:/tmp/git_bug/paulbrunngård-springyard$ nano empty > me@iMac:/tmp/git_bug/paulbrunngård-springyard$ cat empty Initial > content > > > Line I want to keep > > Line I want gone > me@iMac:/tmp/git_bug/paulbrunngård-springyard$ git restore -p . > BUG: pathspec.c:495: error initializing pathspec_item Cannot close git diff- > index --cached --numstat --summary > 4b825dc642cb6eb9a060e54bf8d69288fbee4904 -- > :(,prefix:27)paulbrunngård-springyard/ () at > /usr/local/Cellar/git/2.30.0/libexec/git-core/git-add--interactive line 183. > me@iMac:/tmp/git_bug/paulbrunngård-springyard$ cd .. > me@iMac:/tmp/git_bug$ git status > On branch master > > No commits yet > > Changes to be committed: > (use "git rm --cached <file>..." to unstage) > new file: "paulbrunnga\314\212rd-springyard/empty" > > Changes not staged for commit: > (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed) > (use "git restore <file>..." to discard changes in working directory) > modified: "paulbrunnga\314\212rd-springyard/empty" > > Untracked files: > (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed) > .DS_Store > "paulbrunng\303\245rd-springyard/" > > me@iMac:/tmp/git_bug$ Is it possible that the å character is coming from a UTF-16 encoding and is not representable in UTF-8? I'm wondering whether the name has a double-byte representation where one of the bytes is null, resulting in a truncated file name coming from readdir(). The file name would not be representable on some platforms that do not support UTF-16 path names. Regards, Randall -- Brief whoami: NonStop developer since approximately 211288444200000000 UNIX developer since approximately 421664400 -- In my real life, I talk too much.