Re: [PATCH] add core.pathspecGlob config option

On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 07:51:16PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:

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++		if (limit_pathspec_to_literal())
++			item->nowildcard_len = item->len;
++		else {
++			item->nowildcard_len = simple_length(path);
++			if (item->nowildcard_len < item->len) {
++				pathspec->has_wildcard = 1;
++				if (path[item->nowildcard_len] == '*' &&
++				    no_wildcard(path + item->nowildcard_len + 1))
++					item->flags |= PATHSPEC_ONESTAR;
++			}
 +		}

Hmph.  I thought that returning the length without any "stop at glob
special" trick from simple_length() would be a simpler resolution.

That is what is queued at the tip of 'pu', anyway.

I don't think we can make a change in simple_length. It gets used not
only for pathspecs, but also for parsing exclude patterns, which I do
not think should be affected by this option.

-Peff