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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/glossary-content.txt | 20 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt index dba5062b37..ca9f20f25f 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. |