Robert Dailey <rcdailey.lists@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> If I run the command:
>
> git add -p -- ':^*.cs'
>
> I get an error:
>
> fatal: empty string is not a valid pathspec. please use . instead if
> you meant to match all paths
> Cannot close git diff-index --cached --numstat --summary HEAD --
> :(exclude,prefix:0)*.cs () at C:/Program
> Files/Git/mingw64/libexec/git-core\git-add--interactive line 242.
>
> However, it works if I remove `-p`. Also observed this works too:
>
> git add -p -- ':*.cs'
>
> So it looks like we have a corner case where I can't do a patch add
> while excluding files. Is this intentional?
I do not think so.
Does this command
git add -p -- . ':^*.cs'
work as you expect?
