empty paths don't error in lenient mode

gix/src/config/cache/access.rs

@@ -219,13 +219,22 @@ impl Cache {
         subsection_name: Option<&BStr>,
         key: impl AsRef<str>,
     ) -> Option<Result<Cow<'_, std::path::Path>, gix_config::path::interpolate::Error>> {
+        let section_name = section_name.as_ref();
+        let key = key.as_ref();
         let path = self.resolved.path_filter(
             section_name,
             subsection_name,
             key,
             &mut self.filter_config_section.clone(),
         )?;
 
+        if self.lenient_config && path.is_empty() {
+            gix_trace::info!(
+                "Ignored empty path at {section_name}.{subsection_name:?}.{key} due to lenient configuration"
+            );
+            return None;
+        }
+
         let install_dir = crate::path::install_dir().ok();
         let home = self.home_dir();
         let ctx = config::cache::interpolate_context(install_dir.as_deref(), home.as_deref());

gix/src/repository/attributes.rs

@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@ impl Repository {
     ///
     /// When only excludes are desired, this is the most efficient way to obtain them. Otherwise use
     /// [`Repository::attributes()`] for accessing both attributes and excludes.
-    // TODO: test
     #[doc(alias = "is_path_ignored", alias = "git2")]
     #[cfg(feature = "excludes")]
     pub fn excludes(

gix/tests/fixtures/make_basic_repo.sh

@@ -31,4 +31,9 @@ git init all-untracked
   >a
   mkdir d
   >d/a
+)
+
+git init empty-core-excludes
+(cd empty-core-excludes
+  echo $'[core]\n\texcludesFile = ' >> .git/config
 )

gix/tests/repository/excludes.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+use crate::util::named_subrepo_opts;
+use gix_worktree::stack::state::ignore::Source;
+
+#[test]
+fn empty_core_excludes() -> crate::Result {
+    let repo = named_subrepo_opts(
+        "make_basic_repo.sh",
+        "empty-core-excludes",
+        gix::open::Options::default().strict_config(true),
+    )?;
+    let index = repo.index_or_empty()?;
+    match repo.excludes(&index, None, Source::WorktreeThenIdMappingIfNotSkipped) {
+        Ok(_) => {
+            unreachable!("Should fail due to empty excludes path")
+        }
+        Err(err) => {
+            assert_eq!(
+                err.to_string(),
+                "The value for `core.excludesFile` could not be read from configuration"
+            );
+        }
+    };
+
+    let repo = gix::open_opts(repo.git_dir(), repo.open_options().clone().strict_config(false))?;
+    repo.excludes(&index, None, Source::WorktreeThenIdMappingIfNotSkipped)
+        .expect("empty paths are now just skipped");
+    Ok(())
+}

gix/tests/repository/mod.rs

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 use gix::Repository;
 
 mod config;
+#[cfg(feature = "excludes")]
+mod excludes;
 #[cfg(feature = "attributes")]
 mod filter;
 mod object;
@@ -38,6 +40,7 @@ mod dirwalk {
             ("all-untracked".to_string(), Repository),
             ("bare-repo-with-index.git".to_string(), Directory),
             ("bare.git".into(), Directory),
+            ("empty-core-excludes".into(), Repository),
             ("non-bare-repo-without-index".into(), Repository),
             ("some".into(), Directory),
         ];