Merge branch 'jk/sha1-loose-object-info-fix'
[gitweb.git] / pathspec.c
index 49a53607bb004e8ccc34e6a18eadc8dfc2e7879d..cdefdc7cc0e0be248297d1191eefe72418923f7a 100644 (file)
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
+#define NO_THE_INDEX_COMPATIBILITY_MACROS
 #include "cache.h"
+#include "config.h"
 #include "dir.h"
 #include "pathspec.h"
+#include "attr.h"
 
 /*
  * Finds which of the given pathspecs match items in the index.
@@ -16,6 +19,7 @@
  * to use find_pathspecs_matching_against_index() instead.
  */
 void add_pathspec_matches_against_index(const struct pathspec *pathspec,
+                                       const struct index_state *istate,
                                        char *seen)
 {
        int num_unmatched = 0, i;
@@ -31,8 +35,8 @@ void add_pathspec_matches_against_index(const struct pathspec *pathspec,
                        num_unmatched++;
        if (!num_unmatched)
                return;
-       for (i = 0; i < active_nr; i++) {
-               const struct cache_entry *ce = active_cache[i];
+       for (i = 0; i < istate->cache_nr; i++) {
+               const struct cache_entry *ce = istate->cache[i];
                ce_path_match(ce, pathspec, seen);
        }
 }
@@ -45,10 +49,11 @@ void add_pathspec_matches_against_index(const struct pathspec *pathspec,
  * nature of the "closest" (i.e. most specific) matches which each of the
  * given pathspecs achieves against all items in the index.
  */
-char *find_pathspecs_matching_against_index(const struct pathspec *pathspec)
+char *find_pathspecs_matching_against_index(const struct pathspec *pathspec,
+                                           const struct index_state *istate)
 {
        char *seen = xcalloc(pathspec->nr, 1);
-       add_pathspec_matches_against_index(pathspec, seen);
+       add_pathspec_matches_against_index(pathspec, istate, seen);
        return seen;
 }
 
@@ -67,20 +72,20 @@ static struct pathspec_magic {
        char mnemonic; /* this cannot be ':'! */
        const char *name;
 } pathspec_magic[] = {
-       { PATHSPEC_FROMTOP, '/', "top" },
-       { PATHSPEC_LITERAL,   0, "literal" },
-       { PATHSPEC_GLOB,   '\0', "glob" },
-       { PATHSPEC_ICASE,  '\0', "icase" },
-       { PATHSPEC_EXCLUDE, '!', "exclude" },
+       { PATHSPEC_FROMTOP,  '/', "top" },
+       { PATHSPEC_LITERAL, '\0', "literal" },
+       { PATHSPEC_GLOB,    '\0', "glob" },
+       { PATHSPEC_ICASE,   '\0', "icase" },
+       { PATHSPEC_EXCLUDE,  '!', "exclude" },
+       { PATHSPEC_ATTR,    '\0', "attr" },
 };
 
-static void prefix_short_magic(struct strbuf *sb, int prefixlen,
-                              unsigned short_magic)
+static void prefix_magic(struct strbuf *sb, int prefixlen, unsigned magic)
 {
        int i;
        strbuf_addstr(sb, ":(");
        for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(pathspec_magic); i++)
-               if (short_magic & pathspec_magic[i].bit) {
+               if (magic & pathspec_magic[i].bit) {
                        if (sb->buf[sb->len - 1] != '(')
                                strbuf_addch(sb, ',');
                        strbuf_addstr(sb, pathspec_magic[i].name);
@@ -88,54 +93,171 @@ static void prefix_short_magic(struct strbuf *sb, int prefixlen,
        strbuf_addf(sb, ",prefix:%d)", prefixlen);
 }
 
-/*
- * Take an element of a pathspec and check for magic signatures.
- * Append the result to the prefix. Return the magic bitmap.
- *
- * For now, we only parse the syntax and throw out anything other than
- * "top" magic.
- *
- * NEEDSWORK: This needs to be rewritten when we start migrating
- * get_pathspec() users to use the "struct pathspec" interface.  For
- * example, a pathspec element may be marked as case-insensitive, but
- * the prefix part must always match literally, and a single stupid
- * string cannot express such a case.
- */
-static unsigned prefix_pathspec(struct pathspec_item *item,
-                               unsigned *p_short_magic,
-                               const char **raw, unsigned flags,
-                               const char *prefix, int prefixlen,
-                               const char *elt)
+static size_t strcspn_escaped(const char *s, const char *stop)
 {
-       static int literal_global = -1;
-       static int glob_global = -1;
-       static int noglob_global = -1;
-       static int icase_global = -1;
-       unsigned magic = 0, short_magic = 0, global_magic = 0;
-       const char *copyfrom = elt, *long_magic_end = NULL;
-       char *match;
-       int i, pathspec_prefix = -1;
+       const char *i;
+
+       for (i = s; *i; i++) {
+               /* skip the escaped character */
+               if (i[0] == '\\' && i[1]) {
+                       i++;
+                       continue;
+               }
+
+               if (strchr(stop, *i))
+                       break;
+       }
+       return i - s;
+}
+
+static inline int invalid_value_char(const char ch)
+{
+       if (isalnum(ch) || strchr(",-_", ch))
+               return 0;
+       return -1;
+}
+
+static char *attr_value_unescape(const char *value)
+{
+       const char *src;
+       char *dst, *ret;
+
+       ret = xmallocz(strlen(value));
+       for (src = value, dst = ret; *src; src++, dst++) {
+               if (*src == '\\') {
+                       if (!src[1])
+                               die(_("Escape character '\\' not allowed as "
+                                     "last character in attr value"));
+                       src++;
+               }
+               if (invalid_value_char(*src))
+                       die("cannot use '%c' for value matching", *src);
+               *dst = *src;
+       }
+       *dst = '\0';
+       return ret;
+}
+
+static void parse_pathspec_attr_match(struct pathspec_item *item, const char *value)
+{
+       struct string_list_item *si;
+       struct string_list list = STRING_LIST_INIT_DUP;
+
+       if (item->attr_check || item->attr_match)
+               die(_("Only one 'attr:' specification is allowed."));
+
+       if (!value || !*value)
+               die(_("attr spec must not be empty"));
+
+       string_list_split(&list, value, ' ', -1);
+       string_list_remove_empty_items(&list, 0);
+
+       item->attr_check = attr_check_alloc();
+       item->attr_match = xcalloc(list.nr, sizeof(struct attr_match));
+
+       for_each_string_list_item(si, &list) {
+               size_t attr_len;
+               char *attr_name;
+               const struct git_attr *a;
+
+               int j = item->attr_match_nr++;
+               const char *attr = si->string;
+               struct attr_match *am = &item->attr_match[j];
+
+               switch (*attr) {
+               case '!':
+                       am->match_mode = MATCH_UNSPECIFIED;
+                       attr++;
+                       attr_len = strlen(attr);
+                       break;
+               case '-':
+                       am->match_mode = MATCH_UNSET;
+                       attr++;
+                       attr_len = strlen(attr);
+                       break;
+               default:
+                       attr_len = strcspn(attr, "=");
+                       if (attr[attr_len] != '=')
+                               am->match_mode = MATCH_SET;
+                       else {
+                               const char *v = &attr[attr_len + 1];
+                               am->match_mode = MATCH_VALUE;
+                               am->value = attr_value_unescape(v);
+                       }
+                       break;
+               }
+
+               attr_name = xmemdupz(attr, attr_len);
+               a = git_attr(attr_name);
+               if (!a)
+                       die(_("invalid attribute name %s"), attr_name);
+
+               attr_check_append(item->attr_check, a);
+
+               free(attr_name);
+       }
+
+       if (item->attr_check->nr != item->attr_match_nr)
+               die("BUG: should have same number of entries");
+
+       string_list_clear(&list, 0);
+}
+
+static inline int get_literal_global(void)
+{
+       static int literal = -1;
+
+       if (literal < 0)
+               literal = git_env_bool(GIT_LITERAL_PATHSPECS_ENVIRONMENT, 0);
+
+       return literal;
+}
+
+static inline int get_glob_global(void)
+{
+       static int glob = -1;
+
+       if (glob < 0)
+               glob = git_env_bool(GIT_GLOB_PATHSPECS_ENVIRONMENT, 0);
+
+       return glob;
+}
+
+static inline int get_noglob_global(void)
+{
+       static int noglob = -1;
+
+       if (noglob < 0)
+               noglob = git_env_bool(GIT_NOGLOB_PATHSPECS_ENVIRONMENT, 0);
+
+       return noglob;
+}
+
+static inline int get_icase_global(void)
+{
+       static int icase = -1;
+
+       if (icase < 0)
+               icase = git_env_bool(GIT_ICASE_PATHSPECS_ENVIRONMENT, 0);
+
+       return icase;
+}
+
+static int get_global_magic(int element_magic)
+{
+       int global_magic = 0;
 
-       if (literal_global < 0)
-               literal_global = git_env_bool(GIT_LITERAL_PATHSPECS_ENVIRONMENT, 0);
-       if (literal_global)
+       if (get_literal_global())
                global_magic |= PATHSPEC_LITERAL;
 
-       if (glob_global < 0)
-               glob_global = git_env_bool(GIT_GLOB_PATHSPECS_ENVIRONMENT, 0);
-       if (glob_global)
+       /* --glob-pathspec is overridden by :(literal) */
+       if (get_glob_global() && !(element_magic & PATHSPEC_LITERAL))
                global_magic |= PATHSPEC_GLOB;
 
-       if (noglob_global < 0)
-               noglob_global = git_env_bool(GIT_NOGLOB_PATHSPECS_ENVIRONMENT, 0);
-
-       if (glob_global && noglob_global)
+       if (get_glob_global() && get_noglob_global())
                die(_("global 'glob' and 'noglob' pathspec settings are incompatible"));
 
-
-       if (icase_global < 0)
-               icase_global = git_env_bool(GIT_ICASE_PATHSPECS_ENVIRONMENT, 0);
-       if (icase_global)
+       if (get_icase_global())
                global_magic |= PATHSPEC_ICASE;
 
        if ((global_magic & PATHSPEC_LITERAL) &&
@@ -143,84 +265,160 @@ static unsigned prefix_pathspec(struct pathspec_item *item,
                die(_("global 'literal' pathspec setting is incompatible "
                      "with all other global pathspec settings"));
 
-       if (flags & PATHSPEC_LITERAL_PATH)
-               global_magic = 0;
+       /* --noglob-pathspec adds :(literal) _unless_ :(glob) is specified */
+       if (get_noglob_global() && !(element_magic & PATHSPEC_GLOB))
+               global_magic |= PATHSPEC_LITERAL;
+
+       return global_magic;
+}
 
-       if (elt[0] != ':' || literal_global ||
-           (flags & PATHSPEC_LITERAL_PATH)) {
-               ; /* nothing to do */
-       } else if (elt[1] == '(') {
-               /* longhand */
-               const char *nextat;
-               for (copyfrom = elt + 2;
-                    *copyfrom && *copyfrom != ')';
-                    copyfrom = nextat) {
-                       size_t len = strcspn(copyfrom, ",)");
-                       if (copyfrom[len] == ',')
-                               nextat = copyfrom + len + 1;
-                       else
-                               /* handle ')' and '\0' */
-                               nextat = copyfrom + len;
-                       if (!len)
-                               continue;
-                       for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(pathspec_magic); i++) {
-                               if (strlen(pathspec_magic[i].name) == len &&
-                                   !strncmp(pathspec_magic[i].name, copyfrom, len)) {
-                                       magic |= pathspec_magic[i].bit;
-                                       break;
-                               }
-                               if (starts_with(copyfrom, "prefix:")) {
-                                       char *endptr;
-                                       pathspec_prefix = strtol(copyfrom + 7,
-                                                                &endptr, 10);
-                                       if (endptr - copyfrom != len)
-                                               die(_("invalid parameter for pathspec magic 'prefix'"));
-                                       /* "i" would be wrong, but it does not matter */
-                                       break;
-                               }
+/*
+ * Parse the pathspec element looking for long magic
+ *
+ * saves all magic in 'magic'
+ * if prefix magic is used, save the prefix length in 'prefix_len'
+ * returns the position in 'elem' after all magic has been parsed
+ */
+static const char *parse_long_magic(unsigned *magic, int *prefix_len,
+                                   struct pathspec_item *item,
+                                   const char *elem)
+{
+       const char *pos;
+       const char *nextat;
+
+       for (pos = elem + 2; *pos && *pos != ')'; pos = nextat) {
+               size_t len = strcspn_escaped(pos, ",)");
+               int i;
+
+               if (pos[len] == ',')
+                       nextat = pos + len + 1; /* handle ',' */
+               else
+                       nextat = pos + len; /* handle ')' and '\0' */
+
+               if (!len)
+                       continue;
+
+               if (starts_with(pos, "prefix:")) {
+                       char *endptr;
+                       *prefix_len = strtol(pos + 7, &endptr, 10);
+                       if (endptr - pos != len)
+                               die(_("invalid parameter for pathspec magic 'prefix'"));
+                       continue;
+               }
+
+               if (starts_with(pos, "attr:")) {
+                       char *attr_body = xmemdupz(pos + 5, len - 5);
+                       parse_pathspec_attr_match(item, attr_body);
+                       *magic |= PATHSPEC_ATTR;
+                       free(attr_body);
+                       continue;
+               }
+
+               for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(pathspec_magic); i++) {
+                       if (strlen(pathspec_magic[i].name) == len &&
+                           !strncmp(pathspec_magic[i].name, pos, len)) {
+                               *magic |= pathspec_magic[i].bit;
+                               break;
                        }
-                       if (ARRAY_SIZE(pathspec_magic) <= i)
-                               die(_("Invalid pathspec magic '%.*s' in '%s'"),
-                                   (int) len, copyfrom, elt);
                }
-               if (*copyfrom != ')')
-                       die(_("Missing ')' at the end of pathspec magic in '%s'"), elt);
-               long_magic_end = copyfrom;
-               copyfrom++;
-       } else {
-               /* shorthand */
-               for (copyfrom = elt + 1;
-                    *copyfrom && *copyfrom != ':';
-                    copyfrom++) {
-                       char ch = *copyfrom;
 
-                       if (!is_pathspec_magic(ch))
+               if (ARRAY_SIZE(pathspec_magic) <= i)
+                       die(_("Invalid pathspec magic '%.*s' in '%s'"),
+                           (int) len, pos, elem);
+       }
+
+       if (*pos != ')')
+               die(_("Missing ')' at the end of pathspec magic in '%s'"),
+                   elem);
+       pos++;
+
+       return pos;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Parse the pathspec element looking for short magic
+ *
+ * saves all magic in 'magic'
+ * returns the position in 'elem' after all magic has been parsed
+ */
+static const char *parse_short_magic(unsigned *magic, const char *elem)
+{
+       const char *pos;
+
+       for (pos = elem + 1; *pos && *pos != ':'; pos++) {
+               char ch = *pos;
+               int i;
+
+               /* Special case alias for '!' */
+               if (ch == '^') {
+                       *magic |= PATHSPEC_EXCLUDE;
+                       continue;
+               }
+
+               if (!is_pathspec_magic(ch))
+                       break;
+
+               for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(pathspec_magic); i++) {
+                       if (pathspec_magic[i].mnemonic == ch) {
+                               *magic |= pathspec_magic[i].bit;
                                break;
-                       for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(pathspec_magic); i++)
-                               if (pathspec_magic[i].mnemonic == ch) {
-                                       short_magic |= pathspec_magic[i].bit;
-                                       break;
-                               }
-                       if (ARRAY_SIZE(pathspec_magic) <= i)
-                               die(_("Unimplemented pathspec magic '%c' in '%s'"),
-                                   ch, elt);
+                       }
                }
-               if (*copyfrom == ':')
-                       copyfrom++;
+
+               if (ARRAY_SIZE(pathspec_magic) <= i)
+                       die(_("Unimplemented pathspec magic '%c' in '%s'"),
+                           ch, elem);
        }
 
-       magic |= short_magic;
-       *p_short_magic = short_magic;
+       if (*pos == ':')
+               pos++;
 
-       /* --noglob-pathspec adds :(literal) _unless_ :(glob) is specified */
-       if (noglob_global && !(magic & PATHSPEC_GLOB))
-               global_magic |= PATHSPEC_LITERAL;
+       return pos;
+}
 
-       /* --glob-pathspec is overridden by :(literal) */
-       if ((global_magic & PATHSPEC_GLOB) && (magic & PATHSPEC_LITERAL))
-               global_magic &= ~PATHSPEC_GLOB;
+static const char *parse_element_magic(unsigned *magic, int *prefix_len,
+                                      struct pathspec_item *item,
+                                      const char *elem)
+{
+       if (elem[0] != ':' || get_literal_global())
+               return elem; /* nothing to do */
+       else if (elem[1] == '(')
+               /* longhand */
+               return parse_long_magic(magic, prefix_len, item, elem);
+       else
+               /* shorthand */
+               return parse_short_magic(magic, elem);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Perform the initialization of a pathspec_item based on a pathspec element.
+ */
+static void init_pathspec_item(struct pathspec_item *item, unsigned flags,
+                              const char *prefix, int prefixlen,
+                              const char *elt)
+{
+       unsigned magic = 0, element_magic = 0;
+       const char *copyfrom = elt;
+       char *match;
+       int pathspec_prefix = -1;
+
+       item->attr_check = NULL;
+       item->attr_match = NULL;
+       item->attr_match_nr = 0;
+
+       /* PATHSPEC_LITERAL_PATH ignores magic */
+       if (flags & PATHSPEC_LITERAL_PATH) {
+               magic = PATHSPEC_LITERAL;
+       } else {
+               copyfrom = parse_element_magic(&element_magic,
+                                              &pathspec_prefix,
+                                              item,
+                                              elt);
+               magic |= element_magic;
+               magic |= get_global_magic(element_magic);
+       }
 
-       magic |= global_magic;
+       item->magic = magic;
 
        if (pathspec_prefix >= 0 &&
            (prefixlen || (prefix && *prefix)))
@@ -229,6 +427,7 @@ static unsigned prefix_pathspec(struct pathspec_item *item,
        if ((magic & PATHSPEC_LITERAL) && (magic & PATHSPEC_GLOB))
                die(_("%s: 'literal' and 'glob' are incompatible"), elt);
 
+       /* Create match string which will be used for pathspec matching */
        if (pathspec_prefix >= 0) {
                match = xstrdup(copyfrom);
                prefixlen = pathspec_prefix;
@@ -236,69 +435,41 @@ static unsigned prefix_pathspec(struct pathspec_item *item,
                match = xstrdup(copyfrom);
                prefixlen = 0;
        } else {
-               match = prefix_path_gently(prefix, prefixlen, &prefixlen, copyfrom);
+               match = prefix_path_gently(prefix, prefixlen,
+                                          &prefixlen, copyfrom);
                if (!match)
                        die(_("%s: '%s' is outside repository"), elt, copyfrom);
        }
-       *raw = item->match = match;
+
+       item->match = match;
+       item->len = strlen(item->match);
+       item->prefix = prefixlen;
+
        /*
         * Prefix the pathspec (keep all magic) and assign to
         * original. Useful for passing to another command.
         */
-       if (flags & PATHSPEC_PREFIX_ORIGIN) {
+       if ((flags & PATHSPEC_PREFIX_ORIGIN) &&
+           !get_literal_global()) {
                struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
-               if (prefixlen && !literal_global) {
-                       /* Preserve the actual prefix length of each pattern */
-                       if (short_magic)
-                               prefix_short_magic(&sb, prefixlen, short_magic);
-                       else if (long_magic_end) {
-                               strbuf_add(&sb, elt, long_magic_end - elt);
-                               strbuf_addf(&sb, ",prefix:%d)", prefixlen);
-                       } else
-                               strbuf_addf(&sb, ":(prefix:%d)", prefixlen);
-               }
+
+               /* Preserve the actual prefix length of each pattern */
+               prefix_magic(&sb, prefixlen, element_magic);
+
                strbuf_addstr(&sb, match);
                item->original = strbuf_detach(&sb, NULL);
-       } else
-               item->original = elt;
-       item->len = strlen(item->match);
-       item->prefix = prefixlen;
-
-       if ((flags & PATHSPEC_STRIP_SUBMODULE_SLASH_CHEAP) &&
-           (item->len >= 1 && item->match[item->len - 1] == '/') &&
-           (i = cache_name_pos(item->match, item->len - 1)) >= 0 &&
-           S_ISGITLINK(active_cache[i]->ce_mode)) {
-               item->len--;
-               match[item->len] = '\0';
+       } else {
+               item->original = xstrdup(elt);
        }
 
-       if (flags & PATHSPEC_STRIP_SUBMODULE_SLASH_EXPENSIVE)
-               for (i = 0; i < active_nr; i++) {
-                       struct cache_entry *ce = active_cache[i];
-                       int ce_len = ce_namelen(ce);
-
-                       if (!S_ISGITLINK(ce->ce_mode))
-                               continue;
-
-                       if (item->len <= ce_len || match[ce_len] != '/' ||
-                           memcmp(ce->name, match, ce_len))
-                               continue;
-                       if (item->len == ce_len + 1) {
-                               /* strip trailing slash */
-                               item->len--;
-                               match[item->len] = '\0';
-                       } else
-                               die (_("Pathspec '%s' is in submodule '%.*s'"),
-                                    elt, ce_len, ce->name);
-               }
-
-       if (magic & PATHSPEC_LITERAL)
+       if (magic & PATHSPEC_LITERAL) {
                item->nowildcard_len = item->len;
-       else {
+       else {
                item->nowildcard_len = simple_length(item->match);
                if (item->nowildcard_len < prefixlen)
                        item->nowildcard_len = prefixlen;
        }
+
        item->flags = 0;
        if (magic & PATHSPEC_GLOB) {
                /*
@@ -313,9 +484,10 @@ static unsigned prefix_pathspec(struct pathspec_item *item,
        }
 
        /* sanity checks, pathspec matchers assume these are sane */
-       assert(item->nowildcard_len <= item->len &&
-              item->prefix         <= item->len);
-       return magic;
+       if (item->nowildcard_len > item->len ||
+           item->prefix         > item->len) {
+               die ("BUG: error initializing pathspec_item");
+       }
 }
 
 static int pathspec_item_cmp(const void *a_, const void *b_)
@@ -328,22 +500,22 @@ static int pathspec_item_cmp(const void *a_, const void *b_)
 }
 
 static void NORETURN unsupported_magic(const char *pattern,
-                                      unsigned magic,
-                                      unsigned short_magic)
+                                      unsigned magic)
 {
        struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
-       int i, n;
-       for (n = i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(pathspec_magic); i++) {
+       int i;
+       for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(pathspec_magic); i++) {
                const struct pathspec_magic *m = pathspec_magic + i;
                if (!(magic & m->bit))
                        continue;
                if (sb.len)
-                       strbuf_addch(&sb, ' ');
-               if (short_magic & m->bit)
-                       strbuf_addf(&sb, "'%c'", m->mnemonic);
+                       strbuf_addstr(&sb, ", ");
+
+               if (m->mnemonic)
+                       strbuf_addf(&sb, _("'%s' (mnemonic: '%c')"),
+                                   m->name, m->mnemonic);
                else
                        strbuf_addf(&sb, "'%s'", m->name);
-               n++;
        }
        /*
         * We may want to substitute "this command" with a command
@@ -354,17 +526,13 @@ static void NORETURN unsupported_magic(const char *pattern,
            pattern, sb.buf);
 }
 
-/*
- * Given command line arguments and a prefix, convert the input to
- * pathspec. die() if any magic in magic_mask is used.
- */
 void parse_pathspec(struct pathspec *pathspec,
                    unsigned magic_mask, unsigned flags,
                    const char *prefix, const char **argv)
 {
        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));
 
@@ -381,8 +549,6 @@ void parse_pathspec(struct pathspec *pathspec,
 
        /* No arguments with prefix -> prefix pathspec */
        if (!entry) {
-               static const char *raw[2];
-
                if (flags & PATHSPEC_PREFER_FULL)
                        return;
 
@@ -390,43 +556,39 @@ void parse_pathspec(struct pathspec *pathspec,
                        die("BUG: PATHSPEC_PREFER_CWD requires arguments");
 
                pathspec->items = item = xcalloc(1, sizeof(*item));
-               item->match = prefix;
-               item->original = prefix;
+               item->match = xstrdup(prefix);
+               item->original = xstrdup(prefix);
                item->nowildcard_len = item->len = strlen(prefix);
                item->prefix = item->len;
-               raw[0] = prefix;
-               raw[1] = NULL;
                pathspec->nr = 1;
-               pathspec->_raw = raw;
                return;
        }
 
        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);
+       ALLOC_ARRAY(pathspec->items, n + 1);
        item = pathspec->items;
-       pathspec->_raw = argv;
        prefixlen = prefix ? strlen(prefix) : 0;
 
        for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
-               unsigned short_magic;
                entry = argv[i];
 
-               item[i].magic = prefix_pathspec(item + i, &short_magic,
-                                               argv + i, flags,
-                                               prefix, prefixlen, entry);
-               if ((flags & PATHSPEC_LITERAL_PATH) &&
-                   !(magic_mask & PATHSPEC_LITERAL))
-                       item[i].magic |= PATHSPEC_LITERAL;
+               init_pathspec_item(item + i, flags, prefix, prefixlen, entry);
+
                if (item[i].magic & PATHSPEC_EXCLUDE)
                        nr_exclude++;
                if (item[i].magic & magic_mask)
-                       unsupported_magic(entry,
-                                         item[i].magic & magic_mask,
-                                         short_magic);
+                       unsupported_magic(entry, item[i].magic & magic_mask);
 
                if ((flags & PATHSPEC_SYMLINK_LEADING_PATH) &&
                    has_symlink_leading_path(item[i].match, item[i].len)) {
@@ -438,58 +600,65 @@ void parse_pathspec(struct pathspec *pathspec,
                pathspec->magic |= item[i].magic;
        }
 
-       if (nr_exclude == n)
-               die(_("There is nothing to exclude from by :(exclude) patterns.\n"
-                     "Perhaps you forgot to add either ':/' or '.' ?"));
-
+       /*
+        * If everything is an exclude pattern, add one positive pattern
+        * that matches everything. We allocated an extra one for this.
+        */
+       if (nr_exclude == n) {
+               int plen = (!(flags & PATHSPEC_PREFER_CWD)) ? 0 : prefixlen;
+               init_pathspec_item(item + n, 0, prefix, plen, "");
+               pathspec->nr++;
+       }
 
        if (pathspec->magic & PATHSPEC_MAXDEPTH) {
                if (flags & PATHSPEC_KEEP_ORDER)
                        die("BUG: PATHSPEC_MAXDEPTH_VALID and PATHSPEC_KEEP_ORDER are incompatible");
-               qsort(pathspec->items, pathspec->nr,
-                     sizeof(struct pathspec_item), pathspec_item_cmp);
+               QSORT(pathspec->items, pathspec->nr, pathspec_item_cmp);
        }
 }
 
-/*
- * N.B. get_pathspec() is deprecated in favor of the "struct pathspec"
- * based interface - see pathspec.c:parse_pathspec().
- *
- * Arguments:
- *  - prefix - a path relative to the root of the working tree
- *  - pathspec - a list of paths underneath the prefix path
- *
- * Iterates over pathspec, prepending each path with prefix,
- * and return the resulting list.
- *
- * If pathspec is empty, return a singleton list containing prefix.
- *
- * If pathspec and prefix are both empty, return an empty list.
- *
- * This is typically used by built-in commands such as add.c, in order
- * to normalize argv arguments provided to the built-in into a list of
- * paths to process, all relative to the root of the working tree.
- */
-const char **get_pathspec(const char *prefix, const char **pathspec)
-{
-       struct pathspec ps;
-       parse_pathspec(&ps,
-                      PATHSPEC_ALL_MAGIC &
-                      ~(PATHSPEC_FROMTOP | PATHSPEC_LITERAL),
-                      PATHSPEC_PREFER_CWD,
-                      prefix, pathspec);
-       return ps._raw;
-}
-
 void copy_pathspec(struct pathspec *dst, const struct pathspec *src)
 {
+       int i, j;
+
        *dst = *src;
        ALLOC_ARRAY(dst->items, dst->nr);
        COPY_ARRAY(dst->items, src->items, dst->nr);
+
+       for (i = 0; i < dst->nr; i++) {
+               struct pathspec_item *d = &dst->items[i];
+               struct pathspec_item *s = &src->items[i];
+
+               d->match = xstrdup(s->match);
+               d->original = xstrdup(s->original);
+
+               ALLOC_ARRAY(d->attr_match, d->attr_match_nr);
+               COPY_ARRAY(d->attr_match, s->attr_match, d->attr_match_nr);
+               for (j = 0; j < d->attr_match_nr; j++) {
+                       const char *value = s->attr_match[j].value;
+                       d->attr_match[j].value = xstrdup_or_null(value);
+               }
+
+               d->attr_check = attr_check_dup(s->attr_check);
+       }
 }
 
 void clear_pathspec(struct pathspec *pathspec)
 {
-       free(pathspec->items);
-       pathspec->items = NULL;
+       int i, j;
+
+       for (i = 0; i < pathspec->nr; i++) {
+               free(pathspec->items[i].match);
+               free(pathspec->items[i].original);
+
+               for (j = 0; j < pathspec->items[i].attr_match_nr; j++)
+                       free(pathspec->items[i].attr_match[j].value);
+               free(pathspec->items[i].attr_match);
+
+               if (pathspec->items[i].attr_check)
+                       attr_check_free(pathspec->items[i].attr_check);
+       }
+
+       FREE_AND_NULL(pathspec->items);
+       pathspec->nr = 0;
 }