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From: "Dr. Adam Nielsen" <admin@in-ici.net>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] make slash-rules more readable
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2019 13:05:13 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <bd722415-1547-8db5-f88a-c35c8b48d8be@in-ici.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190604173446.2664-1-admin@in-ici.net>

Hi everyone,

any comments about the patch note from 04.06 ?

All the best,
Adam

On 04.06.19 19:34, Dr. Adam Nielsen wrote:
> gitignore.txt: make slash-rules more readable
> 
> Renew paragraphs relevant for pattern with slash.
> Aim to make it more clear and to avoid possible
> pitfalls for the reader. Add some examples.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dr. Adam Nielsen <admin@in-ici.net>
> 
> ---
>   Documentation/gitignore.txt | 66 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
>   1 file changed, 44 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/gitignore.txt b/Documentation/gitignore.txt
> index b5bc9dbff0..d47b1ae296 100644
> --- a/Documentation/gitignore.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/gitignore.txt
> @@ -89,28 +89,28 @@ PATTERN FORMAT
>      Put a backslash ("`\`") in front of the first "`!`" for patterns
>      that begin with a literal "`!`", for example, "`\!important!.txt`".
>   
> - - If the pattern ends with a slash, it is removed for the
> -   purpose of the following description, but it would only find
> -   a match with a directory.  In other words, `foo/` will match a
> -   directory `foo` and paths underneath it, but will not match a
> -   regular file or a symbolic link `foo` (this is consistent
> -   with the way how pathspec works in general in Git).
> -
> - - If the pattern does not contain a slash '/', Git treats it as
> -   a shell glob pattern and checks for a match against the
> -   pathname relative to the location of the `.gitignore` file
> -   (relative to the toplevel of the work tree if not from a
> -   `.gitignore` file).
> -
> - - Otherwise, Git treats the pattern as a shell glob: "`*`" matches
> -   anything except "`/`", "`?`" matches any one character except "`/`"
> -   and "`[]`" matches one character in a selected range. See
> -   fnmatch(3) and the FNM_PATHNAME flag for a more detailed
> -   description.
> -
> - - A leading slash matches the beginning of the pathname.
> -   For example, "/{asterisk}.c" matches "cat-file.c" but not
> -   "mozilla-sha1/sha1.c".
> + - The slash '/' is used as the directory separator. Separators may
> +   occur at the beginning, middle or end of the `.gitignore` search pattern.
> +
> + - If there is a separator at the beginning or middle (or both) of the
> +   pattern, then the pattern is relative to the directory level of the
> +   particular `.gitignore` file itself. Otherwise the pattern may also
> +   match at any level below the `.gitignore` level.
> +
> + - If there is a separator at the end of the pattern then the pattern
> +   will only match directories, otherwise the pattern can match both
> +   files and directories.
> +
> + - For example, a pattern `doc/frotz/` matches `doc/frotz` directory,
> +   but not `a/doc/frotz` directory; however `frotz/` matches `frotz`
> +   and `a/frotz` that is a directory (all paths are relative from
> +   the `.gitignore` file).
> +
> + - An asterisk "`*`" matches anything except a slash.
> +   The character "`?`" matches any one character except "`/`".
> +   The range notation, e.g. `[a-zA-Z]`, can be used to match
> +   one of the characters in a range. See fnmatch(3) and the
> +   FNM_PATHNAME flag for a more detailed description.
>   
>   Two consecutive asterisks ("`**`") in patterns matched against
>   full pathname may have special meaning:
> @@ -152,6 +152,28 @@ To stop tracking a file that is currently tracked, use
>   EXAMPLES
>   --------
>   
> + - The pattern `hello.*` matches any file or folder
> +   whose name begins with `hello`. If one wants to restrict
> +   this only to the directory and not in its subdirectories,
> +   one can prepend the pattern with a slash, i.e. `/hello.*`;
> +   the pattern now matches `hello.txt`, `hello.c` but not
> +   `a/hello.java`.
> +
> + - The pattern `foo/` will match a directory `foo` and
> +   paths underneath it, but will not match a regular file
> +   or a symbolic link `foo` (this is consistent with the
> +   way how pathspec works in general in Git)
> +
> + - The pattern `doc/frotz` and `/doc/frotz` have the same effect
> +   in any `.gitignore` file. In other words, a leading slash
> +   is not relevant  if there is already a middle slash in
> +   the pattern.
> +
> + - The pattern "foo/*", matches "foo/test.json"
> +   (a regular file), "foo/bar" (a directory), but it does not match
> +   "foo/bar/hello.c" (a regular file), as the asterisk in the
> +   pattern does not match "bar/hello.c" which has a slash in it.
> +
>   --------------------------------------------------------------
>       $ git status
>       [...]
> 

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  reply	other threads:[~2019-06-25 11:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-06-04 17:34 [PATCH] make slash-rules more readable Dr. Adam Nielsen
2019-06-25 11:05 ` Dr. Adam Nielsen [this message]
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
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2020-02-15  3:08 Pavel Ivashkov
2019-06-02  9:04 Dr. Adam Nielsen
2019-05-31 18:17 Dr. Adam Nielsen
2019-05-31 18:16 Dr. Adam Nielsen
2019-05-31  7:44 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
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
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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