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 8038920437 for ; Tue, 10 Oct 2017 19:44:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756410AbdJJToI (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Oct 2017 15:44:08 -0400 Received: from cpanel2.indieserve.net ([199.212.143.6]:53705 "EHLO cpanel2.indieserve.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752175AbdJJToF (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Oct 2017 15:44:05 -0400 Received: from cpec03f0ed08c7f-cm68b6fcf980b0.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com ([174.118.92.171]:52852 helo=localhost.localdomain) by cpanel2.indieserve.net with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1e20Rg-0007qY-Ru; Tue, 10 Oct 2017 15:44:04 -0400 Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2017 15:44:02 -0400 (EDT) From: "Robert P. J. Day" X-X-Sender: rpjday@localhost.localdomain To: Paul Smith cc: Git Mailing list Subject: Re: "git rm" seems to do recursive removal even without "-r" In-Reply-To: <1507637979.8322.33.camel@mad-scientist.net> Message-ID: References: <20171007192902.ma4s47hn6edwldx5@sigill.intra.peff.net> <20171007193805.a2mwzkweonb6ymdk@sigill.intra.peff.net> <1507412674.8322.4.camel@mad-scientist.net> <1507473160.8322.12.camel@mad-scientist.net> <20171008184046.uj7gcutddli54ic3@thunk.org> <20171008204227.f6wgaobosa6yn62g@thunk.org> <20171009175225.qn6a3j2th3dxjjn2@sigill.intra.peff.net> <1507637979.8322.33.camel@mad-scientist.net> User-Agent: Alpine 2.21 (LFD 202 2017-01-01) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="8323328-317053665-1507664644=:4437" 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. --8323328-317053665-1507664644=:4437 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT On Tue, 10 Oct 2017, Paul Smith wrote: > On Tue, 2017-10-10 at 04:36 -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > >   ah, now *that* is a compelling rationale that justifies the > > underlying weirdness. but it still doesn't explain the different > > behaviour between: > > > >   $ git rm -n 'Makefile*' > >   $ git rm -n '*Makefile' > > I explained that behavior in the email up-thread from this reply: yup, sorry i missed it. man, it's been an educational thread. rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday ======================================================================== --8323328-317053665-1507664644=:4437--