Merge branch 'master' of github.com:git/git

* 'master' of github.com:git/git: (25 commits)
  Git 2.36-rc2
  i18n: fix some badly formatted i18n strings
  Git 2.36-rc1
  t9902: split test to run on appropriate systems
  ls-tree doc: document interaction with submodules
  Documentation: add --batch-command to cat-file synopsis
  git-ls-tree.txt: fix the name of "%(objectsize:padded)"
  submodule-helper: fix usage string
  doc: replace "--" with {litdd} in credential-cache/fsmonitor
  contrib/scalar: fix 'all' target in Makefile
  Documentation/Makefile: fix "make info" regression in dad9cd7d518
  configure.ac: fix HAVE_SYNC_FILE_RANGE definition
  git-compat-util: really support openssl as a source of entropy
  ls-tree: `-l` should not imply recursive listing
  Git 2.35.2
  Git 2.34.2
  Git 2.33.2
  Git 2.32.1
  Git 2.31.2
  Git 2.30.3
  ...

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/path.c b/path.c
index 2c895471d9..d73146b6cd 100644
--- a/path.c
+++ b/path.c
@@ -1225,11 +1225,15 @@ int longest_ancestor_length(const char *path, struct string_list *prefixes)
 		const char *ceil = prefixes->items[i].string;
 		int len = strlen(ceil);
 
-		if (len == 1 && ceil[0] == '/')
-			len = 0; /* root matches anything, with length 0 */
-		else if (!strncmp(path, ceil, len) && path[len] == '/')
-			; /* match of length len */
-		else
+		/*
+		 * For root directories (`/`, `C:/`, `//server/share/`)
+		 * adjust the length to exclude the trailing slash.
+		 */
+		if (len > 0 && ceil[len - 1] == '/')
+			len--;
+
+		if (strncmp(path, ceil, len) ||
+		    path[len] != '/' || !path[len + 1])
 			continue; /* no match */
 
 		if (len > max_len)