From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.2 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id BFC3E20373 for ; Sun, 8 Oct 2017 12:45:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753245AbdJHMpT (ORCPT ); Sun, 8 Oct 2017 08:45:19 -0400 Received: from cpanel2.indieserve.net ([199.212.143.6]:51724 "EHLO cpanel2.indieserve.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751802AbdJHMpS (ORCPT ); Sun, 8 Oct 2017 08:45:18 -0400 Received: from cpec03f0ed08c7f-cm68b6fcf980b0.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com ([174.118.92.171]:38658 helo=localhost.localdomain) by cpanel2.indieserve.net with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1e1AxJ-0007CE-HF; Sun, 08 Oct 2017 08:45:17 -0400 Date: Sun, 8 Oct 2017 08:45:15 -0400 (EDT) From: "Robert P. J. Day" X-X-Sender: rpjday@localhost.localdomain To: =?ISO-8859-15?Q?Ren=E9_Scharfe?= cc: Git Mailing list , Junio C Hamano , Paul Smith Subject: Re: "git rm" seems to do recursive removal even without "-r" In-Reply-To: <05775b3d-2e88-9ceb-e8d2-8ff2373cfdb5@web.de> Message-ID: References: <20171007190402.GH3382@zaya.teonanacatl.net> <20171007192902.ma4s47hn6edwldx5@sigill.intra.peff.net> <20171007193805.a2mwzkweonb6ymdk@sigill.intra.peff.net> <1507412674.8322.4.camel@mad-scientist.net> <05775b3d-2e88-9ceb-e8d2-8ff2373cfdb5@web.de> User-Agent: Alpine 2.21 (LFD 202 2017-01-01) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="8323328-935756256-1507466717=:22844" X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - cpanel2.indieserve.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - crashcourse.ca X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: cpanel2.indieserve.net: authenticated_id: rpjday+crashcourse.ca/only user confirmed/virtual account not confirmed X-Authenticated-Sender: cpanel2.indieserve.net: rpjday@crashcourse.ca X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --8323328-935756256-1507466717=:22844 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT On Sun, 8 Oct 2017, René Scharfe wrote: > [My SMTP server still refuses to accept emails to rpjday@crashcourse.ca > and reports "mailbox unavailable" and "invalid DNS MX or A/AAAA resource > record." So just replying to the list.] > > Am 08.10.2017 um 13:56 schrieb Robert P. J. Day: > > but as i asked in my earlier post, if i wanted to remove *all* files > > with names of "Makefile*", why can't i use: > > > > $ git rm 'Makefile*' > > > > just as i used: > > > > $ git rm '*.c' > > > > are those not both acceptable fileglobs? why does the former clearly > > only match the top-level Makefile, and refuse to cross directory > > boundaries? > > > > $ git rm -n 'Makefile*' > > rm 'Makefile' > > $ > > Try: > > $ git rm -n '*Makefile' > > The whole path is considered. The asterisk there matches any > directory part -- but also any file name prefix. Check the entry > for "pathspec" in gitglossary(7) for more details. but "*Makefile" is not the wildcard pattern i'm interested in. rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday ======================================================================== --8323328-935756256-1507466717=:22844--