On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 18:52, Jakub Narebski <jnareb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Bruce Korb <bruce.korb@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> After trying lots of variations, I found it to be:
>>
>> \#*
>>
>> Not obvious and not easy to look up. Please add it to your
>> .git/info/exclude sample text. Thanks!
>
> Well, it is quite obvious to me, as escaping special characters using
> backslash is typical in Unix tools. But you are right that this needs
> to be documented.
>
> Perhaps something like this? I am not sure about example in
> .git/info/exclude skeleton
>
> -- >8 --
> Subject: [PATCH] Document escaping of special characters in gitignore files
>
> Requested-by: Bruce Korb <bruce.korb@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Documentation/gitignore.txt | 6 ++++++
> templates/info--exclude | 1 +
> 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/gitignore.txt b/Documentation/gitignore.txt
> index 7dc2e8b..67ae4d0 100644
> --- a/Documentation/gitignore.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/gitignore.txt
> @@ -98,6 +98,12 @@ Patterns have the following format:
> For example, "/{asterisk}.c" matches "cat-file.c" but not
> "mozilla-sha1/sha1.c".
>
> + - You can escape special characters using backslash.
> + For example, "{backslash}#*" matches files beginning in `#`
> + (otherwise it would be considered comment),
> + and "{backslash}!*{backslash}?" matches files starting with `!`
> + (negate pattern prefix) and ending with `?` (glob wildcard).
> +
Maybe fix this too in the same manpage:
A line starting with # serves as a comment.
To:
A line starting with # serves as a comment. Use \# for a literal #
character. See ...
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