RelNotes: the sixth batch for 2.16

diff --git a/pathspec.c b/pathspec.c
index cdefdc7cc0e0be248297d1191eefe72418923f7a..82eb39cd679ffbce82abac691c6f4343335b9924 100644 (file)
--- a/pathspec.c
+++ b/pathspec.c
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ void parse_pathspec(struct pathspec *pathspec,
 {
        struct pathspec_item *item;
        const char *entry = argv ? *argv : NULL;
-       int i, n, prefixlen, warn_empty_string, nr_exclude = 0;
+       int i, n, prefixlen, nr_exclude = 0;
 
        memset(pathspec, 0, sizeof(*pathspec));
 
@@ -565,13 +565,10 @@ void parse_pathspec(struct pathspec *pathspec,
        }
 
        n = 0;
-       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;
-               }
+               if (*argv[n] == '\0')
+                       die("empty string is not a valid pathspec. "
+                                 "please use . instead if you meant to match all paths");
                n++;
        }