diff --git a/tree-diff.c b/tree-diff.c
index bbb126fc46cfb28a0bc92cc0842c0dc72017751d..b05d0f43555d28f872fd5225e6773eeb636ef302 100644 (file)
--- a/tree-diff.c
+++ b/tree-diff.c
@@ -118,10 +118,16 @@ static int tree_entry_interesting(struct tree_desc *desc, const char *base, int
continue;
/*
- * The base is a subdirectory of a path which
- * was specified, so all of them are interesting.
+ * If the base is a subdirectory of a path which
+ * was specified, all of them are interesting.
*/
- return 2;
+ if (!matchlen ||
+ base[matchlen] == '/' ||
+ match[matchlen - 1] == '/')
+ return 2;
+
+ /* Just a random prefix match */
+ continue;
}
/* Does the base match? */
@@ -303,7 +309,7 @@ int diff_tree(struct tree_desc *t1, struct tree_desc *t2, const char *base, stru
update_tree_entry(t2);
continue;
}
- die("git-diff-tree: internal error");
+ die("git diff-tree: internal error");
}
return 0;
}