On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 11:07:40AM +0100, Matthieu Moy wrote:
> diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
> index d1e2120..c37b51d 100644
> --- a/Documentation/config.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/config.txt
> @@ -380,7 +380,8 @@ Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
> core.excludesfile::
> In addition to '.gitignore' (per-directory) and
> '.git/info/exclude', git looks into this file for patterns
> - of files which are not meant to be tracked. See
> + of files which are not meant to be tracked. "~" and "~user"
> + are expanded to the user's home directory. See
> linkgit:gitignore[5].
Reading this, it is not clear to me if:
1. "~" and "~user" are expanded to the home directory of "user", where
"user" is the user running git
or
2. "~" is expanded to the home directory of the user running git, and
an arbitrary "~user" is expanded to that user's home directory.
I would expect (2), since that is how everything else works. And it
seems from the code that is what you do. But something about the way it
is written makes me think of (1). I also recall having this same
question during the last round, so at the very least it is not me just
mis-reading it once. ;)
Maybe:
A leading path component of "~user" is expanded to the home directory
of "user"; "~" is expanded to the home directory of the user running
git.
would be more clear?
-Peff
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