{
struct pathspec_item *item;
const char *entry = argv ? *argv : NULL;
- int i, n, prefixlen, nr_exclude = 0;
+ int i, n, prefixlen, warn_empty_string, nr_exclude = 0;
memset(pathspec, 0, sizeof(*pathspec));
}
n = 0;
- while (argv[n])
+ warn_empty_string = 1;
+ while (argv[n]) {
+ if (*argv[n] == '\0' && warn_empty_string) {
+ warning(_("empty strings as pathspecs will be made invalid in upcoming releases. "
+ "please use . instead if you meant to match all paths"));
+ warn_empty_string = 0;
+ }
n++;
+ }
pathspec->nr = n;
ALLOC_ARRAY(pathspec->items, n);