From: "Adam Johnson via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>, Adam Johnson <me@adamj.eu>,
Adam Johnson <me@adamj.eu>
Subject: [PATCH v2] ls-files: document that pathspecs are supported
Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2023 11:55:16 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <pull.1466.v2.git.git.1678622116232.gitgitgadget@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <pull.1466.git.git.1678526355280.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
From: Adam Johnson <me@adamj.eu>
The command has taken pathspecs, not just filenames, since at least 56fc5108
([PATCH] git-ls-files: generalized pathspecs, 2005-08-21).
Signed-off-by: Adam Johnson <me@adamj.eu>
---
ls-files: document that pathspecs are supported
The command has taken pathspecs, not just filenames, since f0096c06bcd
(Convert read_tree{,_recursive} to support struct pathspec, 2011-03-25).
Signed-off-by: Adam Johnson me@adamj.eu
Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-git-1466%2Fadamchainz%2Fdoc-ls-files-pathspecs-v2
Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-git-1466/adamchainz/doc-ls-files-pathspecs-v2
Pull-Request: https://github.com/git/git/pull/1466
Range-diff vs v1:
1: 4a0417ba8e5 ! 1: 7c95f4f5a7d ls-files: document that pathspecs are supported
@@ Metadata
## Commit message ##
ls-files: document that pathspecs are supported
- The command has taken pathspecs, not just filenames, since f0096c06bcd
- (Convert read_tree{,_recursive} to support struct pathspec, 2011-03-25).
+ The command has taken pathspecs, not just filenames, since at least 56fc5108
+ ([PATCH] git-ls-files: generalized pathspecs, 2005-08-21).
Signed-off-by: Adam Johnson <me@adamj.eu>
@@ Documentation/git-ls-files.txt: OPTIONS
--error-unmatch::
- If any <file> does not appear in the index, treat this as an
-+ If any <pathspec> does not appear in the index, treat this as an
- error (return 1).
+- error (return 1).
++ If no path that matches <pathspec> appears in the index, treat this as
++ an error (return 1).
--with-tree=<tree-ish>::
When using --error-unmatch to expand the user supplied
@@ Documentation/git-ls-files.txt: followed by the ("attr/<eolattr>").
Do not interpret any more arguments as options.
-<file>::
+- Files to show. If no files are given all files which match the other
+<pathspec>::
- Files to show. If no files are given all files which match the other
++ Limits the files to show to only those that match any of the given
++ pathspecs. If no pathspecs are given, all files which match the other
specified criteria are shown.
++
+For details on the <pathspec> syntax, see the 'pathspec' entry in
Documentation/git-ls-files.txt | 16 ++++++++++------
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt b/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt
index 1abdd3c21c5..d69a46f8a56 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
[--exclude-standard]
[--error-unmatch] [--with-tree=<tree-ish>]
[--full-name] [--recurse-submodules]
- [--abbrev[=<n>]] [--format=<format>] [--] [<file>...]
+ [--abbrev[=<n>]] [--format=<format>] [--] [<pathspec>...]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -127,12 +127,12 @@ OPTIONS
in each directory, and the user's global exclusion file.
--error-unmatch::
- If any <file> does not appear in the index, treat this as an
- error (return 1).
+ If no path that matches <pathspec> appears in the index, treat this as
+ an error (return 1).
--with-tree=<tree-ish>::
When using --error-unmatch to expand the user supplied
- <file> (i.e. path pattern) arguments to paths, pretend
+ <pathspec> (i.e. path pattern) arguments to paths, pretend
that paths which were removed in the index since the
named <tree-ish> are still present. Using this option
with `-s` or `-u` options does not make any sense.
@@ -225,9 +225,13 @@ followed by the ("attr/<eolattr>").
\--::
Do not interpret any more arguments as options.
-<file>::
- Files to show. If no files are given all files which match the other
+<pathspec>::
+ Limits the files to show to only those that match any of the given
+ pathspecs. If no pathspecs are given, all files which match the other
specified criteria are shown.
++
+For details on the <pathspec> syntax, see the 'pathspec' entry in
+linkgit:gitglossary[7].
OUTPUT
------
base-commit: 725f57037d81e24eacfda6e59a19c60c0b4c8062
--
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-03-11 9:19 [PATCH] ls-files: document that pathspecs are supported Adam Johnson via GitGitGadget
2023-03-11 20:33 ` Junio C Hamano
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