Re: [PATCH jk/pathspec-literal] t6130-pathspec-noglob: Windows does not allow a file named "f*"

Jeff King [off-list ref] writes:

On Sun, Jan 06, 2013 at 03:07:43PM +0100, Johannes Sixt wrote:

quoted

Windows disallows file names that contain a star. Arrange the test setup
to insert the file name "f*" in the repository without the corresponding
file in the worktree.
[...]
-	test_commit star "f*" &&
+	# insert file "f*" in the commit, but in a way that avoids
+	# the name "f*" in the worktree, because it is not allowed
+	# on Windows (the tests below do not depend on the presence
+	# of the file in the worktree)
+	git update-index --add --cacheinfo 100644 "$(git rev-parse HEAD:foo)" "f*" &&
+	test_tick &&
+	git commit -m star &&

Thanks, looks obviously correct to me.

Sorry to break Windows again. It seems I learn about a new gotcha with
every patch series. :)

Thanks, both.

It appears that pushing things earlier to 'next' (and unfortunately
even to 'master') rather than later seems to be the only way to help
catching little gotchas like this ;-).

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