Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> writes: > On Sat, Aug 02, 2025 at 10:56:28PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote: > >> > So I wonder if we have painted ourselves into a compatibility corner a >> > bit, if we have two conflicting expectations. We might be better off >> > just teaching check_filename() to parse multiple of [^/!] and the >> > trailing colon. It's horrible and not great for maintainability, but >> > this syntax is not something that changes often. >> >> Ah, OK. >> >> So the idea is that when given _as_ a pathspec element (e.g., after >> an explicit "--" separator), we do want to interpret ":file.txt" as >> the same as "file.txt", but when dwimming to sift revs and pathspec >> elements apart, prefer to take it as a blob object name in the >> index? > > Yeah, I think that is a good way of framing / justifying it; DWIM can be > looser because it's inherently about heuristics. > > I don't plan to do anything with this topic anytime soon, but maybe Ben > wants to produce a patch in that direction. > > -Peff > > PS I'll be offline for a week or so starting tomorrow, so apologies for > any discussions I leave hanging. Thanks for a heads-up, and enjoy your time off away from the list ;-)
