On Fri, 10 Sep 2010, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote:
> 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 ...
Something like this?
-- >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).
+
An example:
--------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/templates/info--exclude b/templates/info--exclude
index a5196d1..2ebaf0d 100644
--- a/templates/info--exclude
+++ b/templates/info--exclude
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@
# exclude patterns (uncomment them if you want to use them):
# *.[oa]
# *~
+# \#*#
--
1.7.2.1
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