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From:   Kevin Daudt <me@ikke.info>
To:     Peter Urda <peter.urda@gmail.com>
Cc:     git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: "git add -p ." raises an unexpected "warning: empty strings as
 pathspecs will be made invalid in upcoming releases. please use . instead if
 you meant to match all paths"
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On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 12:31:49PM -0800, Peter Urda wrote:
> After upgrading to version 2.11.0 I am getting a warning about empty
> strings as pathspecs while using 'patch'
> 
> - Ran 'git add -p .' from the root of my git repository.
> 
> - I was able to normally stage my changes, but was presented with a
> "warning: empty strings as pathspecs will be made invalid in upcoming
> releases. please use . instead if you meant to match all paths"
> message.
> 
> - I expected no warning message since I included a "." with my original command.
> 
> I believe that I should not be seeing this warning message as I
> included the requested "." pathspec.
> 
> ~ Peter Urda
> 
> http://urda.cc

I can reproduce this. Note that it only happens when you specify '-p'.
Without the --patch option, the warning does not appear.