for (i = 0; i < active_nr; i++) {
                struct cache_entry *ce = active_cache[i];
 
-               if (pathspec && !ce_path_match(ce, pathspec, NULL))
+               if (pathspec && !ce_path_match(&the_index, ce, pathspec, NULL))
                        continue;
 
                if (chmod_cache_entry(ce, flip) < 0)
                        continue; /* do not touch unmerged paths */
                if (!S_ISREG(ce->ce_mode) && !S_ISLNK(ce->ce_mode))
                        continue; /* do not touch non blobs */
-               if (pathspec && !ce_path_match(ce, pathspec, NULL))
+               if (pathspec && !ce_path_match(&the_index, ce, pathspec, NULL))
                        continue;
                retval |= add_file_to_cache(ce->name, flags | HASH_RENORMALIZE);
        }
        i = dir->nr;
        while (--i >= 0) {
                struct dir_entry *entry = *src++;
-               if (dir_path_match(entry, pathspec, prefix, seen))
+               if (dir_path_match(&the_index, entry, pathspec, prefix, seen))
                        *dst++ = entry;
        }
        dir->nr = dst - dir->entries;
         * Check the "pathspec '%s' did not match any files" block
         * below before enabling new magic.
         */
-       parse_pathspec(&pathspec, 0,
+       parse_pathspec(&pathspec, PATHSPEC_ATTR,
                       PATHSPEC_PREFER_FULL |
                       PATHSPEC_SYMLINK_LEADING_PATH,
                       prefix, argv);