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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: "Dr. Adam Nielsen" <admin@in-ici.net>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] make slash-rules more readable
Date: Fri, 31 May 2019 10:40:16 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqq1s0ewmin.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <88c6cf45-3908-6561-c3bf-11adf628f8af@in-ici.net> (Adam Nielsen's message of "Fri, 31 May 2019 19:24:25 +0200")

"Dr. Adam Nielsen" <admin@in-ici.net> writes:

>>> + - 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.
>
> I think this above example follows from (and thus isn't necessary, but
> just a fine example)
>
>     + - The pattern is matched relative to the location of
>     +   the `.gitignore` file. Except if the pattern contains
>     +   no slash [...]
>
> Because a pattern with a leading slash has a slash, it "is matched
> relative to the location of the `.gitignore` file".

But that does not explain why the pattern /doc/frotz matches the
path doc/frotz.  A reader can understand 'd' (the second letter in
the patern) would match 'd' (the firstr letter in the path), 'o'
with 'o', etc., but nobody told the reader which substring of the
path consumes the leading '/' in the pattern as matched.

>>  - A leading slash, if any, is implicitly removed before matching the
>>    pattern with the pathname, but the pattern still counts as having
>>    a non-trailing slash for the purpose of the above rule.

Yeah, that would be an addition that makes the updated text
more complete.

  reply	other threads:[~2019-05-31 17:40 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 [this message]
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
  -- 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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