1 files changed, 26 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/builtin/add.c b/builtin/add.c
index 4fabdc7..9f6b263 100644
--- a/builtin/add.c
+++ b/builtin/add.c
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ static const char * const builtin_add_usage[] = {
 static int patch_interactive, add_interactive, edit_interactive;
 static int take_worktree_changes;
 static int add_renormalize;
+static int pathspec_file_nul;
+static const char *pathspec_from_file;
 
 struct update_callback_data {
 	int flags;
@@ -309,6 +311,8 @@ static struct option builtin_add_options[] = {
 		   N_("override the executable bit of the listed files")),
 	OPT_HIDDEN_BOOL(0, "warn-embedded-repo", &warn_on_embedded_repo,
 			N_("warn when adding an embedded repository")),
+	OPT_PATHSPEC_FROM_FILE(&pathspec_from_file),
+	OPT_PATHSPEC_FILE_NUL(&pathspec_file_nul),
 	OPT_END(),
 };
 
@@ -402,11 +406,17 @@ int cmd_add(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			  builtin_add_usage, PARSE_OPT_KEEP_ARGV0);
 	if (patch_interactive)
 		add_interactive = 1;
-	if (add_interactive)
+	if (add_interactive) {
+		if (pathspec_from_file)
+			die(_("--pathspec-from-file is incompatible with --interactive/--patch"));
 		exit(interactive_add(argc - 1, argv + 1, prefix, patch_interactive));
+	}
 
-	if (edit_interactive)
+	if (edit_interactive) {
+		if (pathspec_from_file)
+			die(_("--pathspec-from-file is incompatible with --edit"));
 		return(edit_patch(argc, argv, prefix));
+	}
 	argc--;
 	argv++;
 
@@ -439,13 +449,25 @@ int cmd_add(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		       PATHSPEC_SYMLINK_LEADING_PATH,
 		       prefix, argv);
 
-	if (require_pathspec && argc == 0) {
+	if (pathspec_from_file) {
+		if (pathspec.nr)
+			die(_("--pathspec-from-file is incompatible with pathspec arguments"));
+
+		parse_pathspec_file(&pathspec, PATHSPEC_ATTR,
+				    PATHSPEC_PREFER_FULL |
+				    PATHSPEC_SYMLINK_LEADING_PATH,
+				    prefix, pathspec_from_file, pathspec_file_nul);
+	} else if (pathspec_file_nul) {
+		die(_("--pathspec-file-nul requires --pathspec-from-file"));
+	}
+
+	if (require_pathspec && pathspec.nr == 0) {
 		fprintf(stderr, _("Nothing specified, nothing added.\n"));
 		fprintf(stderr, _("Maybe you wanted to say 'git add .'?\n"));
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	if (!take_worktree_changes && addremove_explicit < 0 && argc)
+	if (!take_worktree_changes && addremove_explicit < 0 && pathspec.nr)
 		/* Turn "git add pathspec..." to "git add -A pathspec..." */
 		addremove = 1;