diff --git a/revision.c b/revision.c
index e571a3fd10514b8361925469eea93de43b51744f..17f9fcb9664c76c97efa6daed7a63e6c2e3b6036 100644 (file)
--- a/revision.c
+++ b/revision.c
@@ -1589,6 +1589,20 @@ int setup_revisions(int argc, const char **argv, struct rev_info *revs, struct s
}
if (prune_data.nr) {
+ /*
+ * If we need to introduce the magic "a lone ':' means no
+ * pathspec whatsoever", here is the place to do so.
+ *
+ * if (prune_data.nr == 1 && !strcmp(prune_data[0], ":")) {
+ * prune_data.nr = 0;
+ * prune_data.alloc = 0;
+ * free(prune_data.path);
+ * prune_data.path = NULL;
+ * } else {
+ * terminate prune_data.alloc with NULL and
+ * call init_pathspec() to set revs->prune_data here.
+ * }
+ */
ALLOC_GROW(prune_data.path, prune_data.nr+1, prune_data.alloc);
prune_data.path[prune_data.nr++] = NULL;
init_pathspec(&revs->prune_data,