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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] pathspec magic: add '^' as alias for '!'
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On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 3:05 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
>  - it hints that '!' is the more official spelling, making the
>    output you showed above acceptable.

Long term , I'd rather have ^ as the "official" spelling as that is easier
to teach to people. ! being a historic mistake as it is hard to type?