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diff --git a/tree-diff.c b/tree-diff.c
index 9f67af6c1f..b05d0f4355 100644
--- a/tree-diff.c
+++ b/tree-diff.c
@@ -118,10 +118,16 @@ static int tree_entry_interesting(struct tree_desc *desc, const char *base, int
continue;
/*
- * The base is a subdirectory of a path which
- * was specified, so all of them are interesting.
+ * If the base is a subdirectory of a path which
+ * was specified, all of them are interesting.
*/
- return 2;
+ if (!matchlen ||
+ base[matchlen] == '/' ||
+ match[matchlen - 1] == '/')
+ return 2;
+
+ /* Just a random prefix match */
+ continue;
}
/* Does the base match? */