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-rw-r--r--Documentation/git.txt4
-rw-r--r--pathspec.c2
-rwxr-xr-xt/t6130-pathspec-noglob.sh6
3 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index b738a40e6..80139ae22 100644
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -450,8 +450,8 @@ help ...`.
linkgit:git-replace[1] for more information.
--literal-pathspecs::
- Treat pathspecs literally, rather than as glob patterns. This is
- equivalent to setting the `GIT_LITERAL_PATHSPECS` environment
+ Treat pathspecs literally (i.e. no globbing, no pathspec magic).
+ This is equivalent to setting the `GIT_LITERAL_PATHSPECS` environment
variable to `1`.
diff --git a/pathspec.c b/pathspec.c
index 6a16938cb..b6d8e7427 100644
--- a/pathspec.c
+++ b/pathspec.c
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ static unsigned prefix_pathspec(struct pathspec_item *item,
if (literal_global)
global_magic |= PATHSPEC_LITERAL;
- if (elt[0] != ':') {
+ if (elt[0] != ':' || literal_global) {
; /* nothing to do */
} else if (elt[1] == '(') {
/* longhand */
diff --git a/t/t6130-pathspec-noglob.sh b/t/t6130-pathspec-noglob.sh
index 49c148e17..8551b026d 100755
--- a/t/t6130-pathspec-noglob.sh
+++ b/t/t6130-pathspec-noglob.sh
@@ -77,6 +77,12 @@ test_expect_success 'no-glob option matches literally (bracket)' '
test_cmp expect actual
'
+test_expect_success 'no-glob option disables :(literal)' '
+ : >expect &&
+ git --literal-pathspecs log --format=%s -- ":(literal)foo" >actual &&
+ test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
test_expect_success 'no-glob environment variable works' '
echo star >expect &&
GIT_LITERAL_PATHSPECS=1 git log --format=%s -- "f*" >actual &&