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| author | Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com> | 2013-07-14 08:36:06 (GMT) |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2013-07-15 17:56:09 (GMT) |
| commit | 5c6933d201fab183a9779dca0fe43bf2f1eca098 (patch) | |
| tree | f22da1c0e6a14ef6cc6cc8cfe824bbdb971aeb48 /Documentation | |
| parent | 341003e715c9a7c0332d3f8f08c2f3696a057565 (diff) | |
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pathspec: support :(literal) syntax for noglob pathspec
Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/glossary-content.txt | 20 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt index dba5062..ca9f20f 100644 --- a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt +++ b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt @@ -322,10 +322,22 @@ and a close parentheses `)`, and the remainder is the pattern to match against the path. + The "magic signature" consists of an ASCII symbol that is not -alphanumeric. Currently only the slash `/` is recognized as a -"magic signature": it makes the pattern match from the root of -the working tree, even when you are running the command from -inside a subdirectory. +alphanumeric. ++ +-- +top `/`;; + The magic word `top` (mnemonic: `/`) makes the pattern match + from the root of the working tree, even when you are running + the command from inside a subdirectory. + +literal;; + Wildcards in the pattern such as `*` or `?` are treated + as literal characters. +-- ++ +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. |