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List:       git
Subject:    Re: [PATCH] gitignore.txt: elaborate shell glob syntax
From:       Junio C Hamano <gitster () pobox ! com>
Date:       2018-01-31 23:22:46
Message-ID: xmqqh8r1r4u1.fsf () gitster-ct ! c ! googlers ! com
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Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy  <pclouds@gmail.com> writes:

>     `.gitignore` file).
>  
> - - Otherwise, Git treats the pattern as a shell glob suitable
> -   for consumption by fnmatch(3) with the FNM_PATHNAME flag:
> -   wildcards in the pattern will not match a / in the pathname.
> -   For example, "Documentation/{asterisk}.html" matches
> -   "Documentation/git.html" but not "Documentation/ppc/ppc.html"
> -   or "tools/perf/Documentation/perf.html".
> + - Otherwise, Git treats the pattern as a shell glob: '{asterisk}'
> +   matches anything except '/', '?' matches any one character except
> +   '/' and '[]' matches one character in a selected range. See
> +   fnmatch(3) and the FNM_PATHNAME flag for a more accurate
> +   description.

Where the original did not quote single letters at all, this uses a
pair of single quotes.  Did you make sure it renders well in HTML
and manpage already or should I do that for you before applying?

I think what you wrote is accurate enough already, and those who
want to go to fnmatch(3) would do so not for accuracy but for
authority ;-) Perhaps s/accurate/detailed/?



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