1 files changed, 4 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/pathspec.c b/pathspec.c
index cdefdc7..82eb39c 100644
--- a/pathspec.c
+++ b/pathspec.c
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ void parse_pathspec(struct pathspec *pathspec,
 {
 	struct pathspec_item *item;
 	const char *entry = argv ? *argv : NULL;
-	int i, n, prefixlen, warn_empty_string, nr_exclude = 0;
+	int i, n, prefixlen, nr_exclude = 0;
 
 	memset(pathspec, 0, sizeof(*pathspec));
 
@@ -565,13 +565,10 @@ void parse_pathspec(struct pathspec *pathspec,
 	}
 
 	n = 0;
-	warn_empty_string = 1;
 	while (argv[n]) {
-		if (*argv[n] == '\0' && warn_empty_string) {
-			warning(_("empty strings as pathspecs will be made invalid in upcoming releases. "
-				  "please use . instead if you meant to match all paths"));
-			warn_empty_string = 0;
-		}
+		if (*argv[n] == '\0')
+			die("empty string is not a valid pathspec. "
+				  "please use . instead if you meant to match all paths");
 		n++;
 	}