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Subject: Re: Git pathspecs difference in behavior between linux (wsl) and
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To:     Alexandre Remy <alexandre.remy.contact@gmail.com>
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From:   Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
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Am 13.05.21 um 08:57 schrieb Alexandre Remy:
> Hi,
> 
> I do not understand why the same command works on linux and not on
> windows. Is the pathspecs syntax differ or there is a problem on the
> git windows version?
> 
> * On windows (git version 2.31.1.windows.1)
> 
> git status -- 'src/test.js'
> On branch master
> nothing to commit, working tree clean
> 
> 
> * On linux (wsl: git version 2.25.1)
> 
> git status -- 'src/test.js'
> On branch master
> Changes not staged for commit:
>   (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
>   (use "git restore <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
>         modified:   src/test.js
> A classic git status gives the same result between linux and windows
> (with correct file detected).

Which shell did you use to invoke the Windows version? If it was from
CMD or PowerShell, then you must not put the name in single-quotes:

   git status -- src/test.js

The reason is that the single-quote does not have a special meaning for
CMD and PowerShell like it does for a POSIX shell.

-- Hannes