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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7] submodule groups
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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:

>>   git ls-files . :(file-size:>1024k)
>
> I somehow do not think this is a way normal people (read: end users)
> would want to interact with Git.  Pathspec is about "paths" and
> various ways to match them.  It is not about contents that happens
> to be currently named by that path.  Don't tie types or sizes to it.

To clarify, think what that non-pathspec means when used like this:

    $ git diff :(size>1M)
    $ git log --follow :(size>1M)

Which side of comparison does the "size" thing apply?  Either, both,
randomly?  More importantly, what use case of users do these
commands serve?

That is why I said that pathspec should never consider anything but
the pathname string you see.