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diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt index 1d797f27ed..8d869db682 100644 --- a/Documentation/git.txt +++ b/Documentation/git.txt @@ -422,6 +422,11 @@ help ...`. Do not use replacement refs to replace git objects. See linkgit:git-replace[1] for more information. +--literal-pathspecs:: + Treat pathspecs literally, rather than as glob patterns. This is + equivalent to setting the `GIT_LITERAL_PATHSPECS` environment + variable to `1`. + GIT COMMANDS ------------ @@ -790,6 +795,16 @@ for further details. as a file path and will try to write the trace messages into it. +GIT_LITERAL_PATHSPECS:: + Setting this variable to `1` will cause git to treat all + pathspecs literally, rather than as glob patterns. For example, + running `GIT_LITERAL_PATHSPECS=1 git log -- '*.c'` will search + for commits that touch the path `*.c`, not any paths that the + glob `*.c` matches. You might want this if you are feeding + literal paths to git (e.g., paths previously given to you by + `git ls-tree`, `--raw` diff output, etc). + + Discussion[[Discussion]] ------------------------ |