git subtree add does not accept pathspec

Question

I'm trying to add a vim plugin in my settings repo as a git subtree. No matter where I try to pull the subtree to, git replies with an error: pathspec

I'm using the command below while at repos root directory:

git subtree add --prefix .vim/bundle/powerline powerline master --squash

which results in output:

git fetch powerline master
From git://github.com/Lokaltog/powerline
 * branch            master     -> FETCH_HEAD
error: pathspec '.vim/bundle/powerline' did not match any file(s) known to git.

I'm using git version 2.0.3

Answer 1

I had exactly the same problem, turns out it was the "."

 git subtree add --prefix ./cs/ControlLibrary/ ControlLibrary master --squash

Failed with:

error: pathspec './cs/ControlLibrary' did not match any file(s) known to git

but

git subtree add --prefix cs/ControlLibrary/ ControlLibrary master --squash

worked just fine :)

I am on Windows using ConEmu, not sure if that made any difference