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From: Philip Oakley <philipoakley@talktalk.net>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>,
	"Dr. Adam Nielsen" <admin@in-ici.net>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] make slash-rules more readable
Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2019 10:33:33 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <979f6497-5e26-4a93-c345-f61b31c736c6@talktalk.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqqh89awprl.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com>

Hi Junio,
On 31/05/2019 17:30, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> I think the updated text is readable, except for one nit.
>
> Specifically, if you took my suggestion in an earlier review to
> explicitly say that leading slash is merely a workaround for a
> string without slash to anchor the pattern to the directory and
> it should be treated as if it does not exist otherwise, then ...
 From a user perspective, implementation issues shouldn't be part of the 
description unless absolutely essential.

Most user aren't aware of the implementation so don't grok/understand 
what the fuss is about and ignore it...
>> + - The pattern `doc/frotz` and `/doc/frotz` have the same effect
>> +   in any `.gitignore` file. Both pattern contain a non-trailing
>> +   slash and thus match relative to the location of the
>> +   `.gitignore` file.
> ... this paragraph wouldn't have been necessary.
...leading to that user mistake having to be explained in numerous Q&A 
threads - Why can't we an explicit explanation of this common user 
mistake? Arguably the issue is the special trailing slash rule getting 
users confused..

--
Philip

  parent reply	other threads:[~2019-06-01 10:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-05-31  7:44 [PATCH] make slash-rules more readable Dr. Adam Nielsen
2019-05-31 16:30 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-05-31 17:24   ` Dr. Adam Nielsen
2019-05-31 17:40     ` Junio C Hamano
2019-06-01  9:33   ` Philip Oakley [this message]
2019-06-02  9:01     ` Dr. Adam Nielsen
2019-06-03 18:01     ` Junio C Hamano
2019-06-04 10:40       ` Philip Oakley
2019-06-01  9:23 ` Philip Oakley
2019-06-04 12:34 ` Philip Oakley
2019-06-04 17:22   ` Dr. Adam Nielsen
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2020-02-15  3:08 Pavel Ivashkov
2019-06-04 17:34 Dr. Adam Nielsen
2019-06-25 11:05 ` Dr. Adam Nielsen
2019-06-25 11:31   ` Philip Oakley
2019-06-27 17:10     ` Dr. Adam Nielsen
2019-07-04 10:40       ` Philip Oakley
2019-07-04 10:46         ` Philip Oakley
2019-06-27 17:43   ` Junio C Hamano
2019-06-02  9:04 Dr. Adam Nielsen
2019-05-31 18:17 Dr. Adam Nielsen
2019-05-31 18:16 Dr. Adam Nielsen
2019-05-18 14:13 Dr. Adam Nielsen
2019-05-19  1:59 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-05-19  6:59 ` Johannes Sixt
2019-05-18 14:07 Dr. Adam Nielsen
2019-05-18 19:34 ` Philip Oakley
2019-05-19 15:33   ` Dr. Adam Nielsen
     [not found]     ` <0c2894ce-7eab-8207-9af8-7ce5e779d4ec@iee.org>
2019-05-29  8:28       ` Dr. Adam Nielsen
2019-05-07 10:45 Dr. Adam Nielsen
2019-05-08  5:33 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-05-12  9:56   ` Dr. Adam Nielsen
2019-05-17 21:43     ` Dr. Adam Nielsen
2019-05-18  6:42       ` Johannes Sixt
2019-05-18 13:20         ` Dr. Adam Nielsen
2019-04-26 14:32 Dr. Adam Nielsen

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