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-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-add.txt3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-grep.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-status.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/glossary-content.txt2
-rwxr-xr-xt/t6132-pathspec-exclude.sh13
5 files changed, 24 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-add.txt b/Documentation/git-add.txt
index f4169fb..b700bea 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-add.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-add.txt
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ OPTIONS
the working tree. Note that older versions of Git used
to ignore removed files; use `--no-all` option if you want
to add modified or new files but ignore removed ones.
++
+For more details about the <pathspec> syntax, see the 'pathspec' entry
+in linkgit:gitglossary[7].
-n::
--dry-run::
diff --git a/Documentation/git-grep.txt b/Documentation/git-grep.txt
index 720c785..18b4947 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-grep.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-grep.txt
@@ -289,6 +289,9 @@ providing this option will cause it to die.
<pathspec>...::
If given, limit the search to paths matching at least one pattern.
Both leading paths match and glob(7) patterns are supported.
++
+For more details about the <pathspec> syntax, see the 'pathspec' entry
+in linkgit:gitglossary[7].
Examples
--------
@@ -305,6 +308,9 @@ Examples
Looks for a line that has `NODE` or `Unexpected` in
files that have lines that match both.
+`git grep solution -- :^Documentation`::
+ Looks for `solution`, excluding files in `Documentation`.
+
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-status.txt b/Documentation/git-status.txt
index d47f198..9f3a78a 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-status.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-status.txt
@@ -111,6 +111,8 @@ configuration variable documented in linkgit:git-config[1].
without options are equivalent to 'always' and 'never'
respectively.
+<pathspec>...::
+ See the 'pathspec' entry in linkgit:gitglossary[7].
OUTPUT
------
diff --git a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
index b71b943..6b8888d 100644
--- a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
+++ b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ these forms:
exclude;;
After a path matches any non-exclude pathspec, it will be run
- through all exclude pathspec (magic signature: `!` or its
+ through all exclude pathspecs (magic signature: `!` or its
synonym `^`). If it matches, the path is ignored. When there
is no non-exclude pathspec, the exclusion is applied to the
result set as if invoked without any pathspec.
diff --git a/t/t6132-pathspec-exclude.sh b/t/t6132-pathspec-exclude.sh
index 9dd5cde..eb829fc 100755
--- a/t/t6132-pathspec-exclude.sh
+++ b/t/t6132-pathspec-exclude.sh
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ EOF
test_cmp expect actual
'
-test_expect_success 'exclude only no longer errors out' '
+test_expect_success 'exclude only pathspec uses default implicit pathspec' '
git log --oneline --format=%s -- . ":(exclude)sub" >expect &&
git log --oneline --format=%s -- ":(exclude)sub" >actual &&
test_cmp expect actual
@@ -183,4 +183,15 @@ EOF
test_cmp expect actual
'
+test_expect_success 'multiple exclusions' '
+ git ls-files -- ":^*/file2" ":^sub2" >actual &&
+ cat <<-\EOF >expect &&
+ file
+ sub/file
+ sub/sub/file
+ sub/sub/sub/file
+ EOF
+ test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
test_done