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diff --git a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
index e51d7e60eb..8f62d1abee 100644
--- a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
+++ b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
@@ -324,6 +324,9 @@ top `/`;;
 Currently only the slash `/` is recognized as the "magic signature",
 but it is envisioned that we will support more types of magic in later
 versions of git.
++
+A pathspec with only a colon means "there is no pathspec". This form
+should not be combined with other pathspec.
 
 [[def_parent]]parent::
 	A <<def_commit_object,commit object>> contains a (possibly empty) list
diff --git a/t/t3703-add-magic-pathspec.sh b/t/t3703-add-magic-pathspec.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..ce5585ebb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/t3703-add-magic-pathspec.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+test_description='magic pathspec tests using git-add'
+
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+test_expect_success 'setup' '
+	mkdir sub anothersub &&
+	: >sub/foo &&
+	: >anothersub/foo
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'add :/' "
+	cat >expected <<-EOF &&
+	add 'anothersub/foo'
+	add 'expected'
+	add 'sub/actual'
+	add 'sub/foo'
+	EOF
+	(cd sub && git add -n :/ >actual) &&
+	test_cmp expected sub/actual
+"
+
+cat >expected <<EOF
+add 'anothersub/foo'
+EOF
+
+test_expect_success 'add :/anothersub' '
+	(cd sub && git add -n :/anothersub >actual) &&
+	test_cmp expected sub/actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'add :/non-existent' '
+	(cd sub && test_must_fail git add -n :/non-existent)
+'
+
+cat >expected <<EOF
+add 'sub/foo'
+EOF
+
+test_expect_success 'a file with the same (long) magic name exists' '
+	: >":(icase)ha" &&
+	test_must_fail git add -n ":(icase)ha" &&
+	git add -n "./:(icase)ha"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'a file with the same (short) magic name exists' '
+	mkdir ":" &&
+	: >":/bar" &&
+	test_must_fail git add -n :/bar &&
+	git add -n "./:/bar"
+'
+
+test_done
diff --git a/t/t4208-log-magic-pathspec.sh b/t/t4208-log-magic-pathspec.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..2c482b622b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/t4208-log-magic-pathspec.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+test_description='magic pathspec tests using git-log'
+
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+test_expect_success 'setup' '
+	test_commit initial &&
+	test_tick &&
+	git commit --allow-empty -m empty &&
+	mkdir sub
+'
+
+test_expect_success '"git log :/" should be ambiguous' '
+	test_must_fail git log :/ 2>error &&
+	grep ambiguous error
+'
+
+test_expect_success '"git log :" should be ambiguous' '
+	test_must_fail git log : 2>error &&
+	grep ambiguous error
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'git log -- :' '
+	git log -- :
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'git log HEAD -- :/' '
+	cat >expected <<-EOF &&
+	24b24cf initial
+	EOF
+	(cd sub && git log --oneline HEAD -- :/ >../actual) &&
+	test_cmp expected actual
+'
+
+test_done