Merge branch 'maint-1.6.0' into maint-1.6.1

* maint-1.6.0:
dir.c: Fix two minor grammatical errors in comments

diff --combined dir.c
index 2c18e417d16801cbca38ab1e7b8b5f8615f1e45d,4e6b988d37a0fb58fde4a170ebf7fe3702a3a474..53ad921a0b93a70c7614dcdab25c6ef3e9a0c8b6
--- 1/dir.c
--- 2/dir.c
+++ b/dir.c
@@@ -52,8 -52,13 +52,8 @@@ int common_prefix(const char **pathspec
        return prefix;
  }
  
 -static inline int special_char(unsigned char c1)
 -{
 -      return !c1 || c1 == '*' || c1 == '[' || c1 == '?' || c1 == '\\';
 -}
 -
  /*
-  * Does 'match' matches the given name?
+  * Does 'match' match the given name?
   * A match is found if
   *
   * (1) the 'match' string is leading directory of 'name', or
@@@ -75,7 -80,7 +75,7 @@@ static int match_one(const char *match
        for (;;) {
                unsigned char c1 = *match;
                unsigned char c2 = *name;
 -              if (special_char(c1))
 +              if (isspecial(c1))
                        break;
                if (c1 != c2)
                        return 0;
@@@ -287,7 -292,7 +287,7 @@@ static void prep_exclude(struct dir_str
        dir->basebuf[baselen] = '\0';
  }
  
- /* Scan the list and let the last match determines the fate.
+ /* Scan the list and let the last match determine the fate.
   * Return 1 for exclude, 0 for include and -1 for undecided.
   */
  static int excluded_1(const char *pathname,
@@@ -382,7 -387,7 +382,7 @@@ static struct dir_entry *dir_entry_new(
        return ent;
  }
  
 -struct dir_entry *dir_add_name(struct dir_struct *dir, const char *pathname, int len)
 +static struct dir_entry *dir_add_name(struct dir_struct *dir, const char *pathname, int len)
  {
        if (cache_name_exists(pathname, len, ignore_case))
                return NULL;
@@@ -391,7 -396,7 +391,7 @@@
        return dir->entries[dir->nr++] = dir_entry_new(pathname, len);
  }
  
 -struct dir_entry *dir_add_ignored(struct dir_struct *dir, const char *pathname, int len)
 +static struct dir_entry *dir_add_ignored(struct dir_struct *dir, const char *pathname, int len)
  {
        if (cache_name_pos(pathname, len) >= 0)
                return NULL;
@@@ -675,12 -680,17 +675,12 @@@ static int cmp_name(const void *p1, con
   */
  static int simple_length(const char *match)
  {
 -      const char special[256] = {
 -              [0] = 1, ['?'] = 1,
 -              ['\\'] = 1, ['*'] = 1,
 -              ['['] = 1
 -      };
        int len = -1;
  
        for (;;) {
                unsigned char c = *match++;
                len++;
 -              if (special[c])
 +              if (isspecial(c))
                        return len;
        }
  }
@@@ -717,12 -727,8 +717,12 @@@ static void free_simplify(struct path_s
  
  int read_directory(struct dir_struct *dir, const char *path, const char *base, int baselen, const char **pathspec)
  {
 -      struct path_simplify *simplify = create_simplify(pathspec);
 +      struct path_simplify *simplify;
 +
 +      if (has_symlink_leading_path(strlen(path), path))
 +              return dir->nr;
  
 +      simplify = create_simplify(pathspec);
        read_directory_recursive(dir, path, base, baselen, 0, simplify);
        free_simplify(simplify);
        qsort(dir->entries, dir->nr, sizeof(struct dir_entry *), cmp_name);