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| author |  Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com> | 2018-02-01 16:59:15 +0700 |
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| committer |  Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2018-02-02 10:56:46 -0800 |
| commit | 2e22a85e5c01d041434682fe75f58be94de0801b (patch) | |
| tree | 1f002fa00d0fed28a9fbc37f13d29fdc531e2db3 /Documentation | |
| parent | Git 2.14.3 (diff) | |
| download | tgif-2e22a85e5c01d041434682fe75f58be94de0801b.tar.xz | |
gitignore.txt: elaborate shell glob syntax
`fnmatch(3)` is a great mention if the intended audience is
programmers. For normal users it's probably better to spell out what
a shell glob is.
This paragraph is updated to roughly tell (or remind) what the main
wildcards are supposed to do. All the details are still hidden away
behind the `fnmatch(3)` wall because bringing the whole specification
here may be too much.
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/gitignore.txt | 11 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/gitignore.txt b/Documentation/gitignore.txt index 63260f0056..ff5d7f9ed6 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitignore.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitignore.txt @@ -102,12 +102,11 @@ PATTERN FORMAT (relative to the toplevel of the work tree if not from a `.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: "`*`" 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 detailed + description. - A leading slash matches the beginning of the pathname. For example, "/{asterisk}.c" matches "cat-file.c" but not |