Bruce Korb wrote: > On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 11:59 AM, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason > <avarab@xxxxxxxxx> 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. > > Like cscope, for example? > > "#what ever" > > Others use: > > ./#whatever Actually "/#whatever" would also work, but it would have different meaning, anchoring filename so only files in given directory matches. > > /etc/fstab requires \octal escapes, and not \xFF. They are not escapes, but quoting of metacharacters (special characters). > > There are many unix standards to choose from, hence my suggestion. :) > That backslashes are sometimes used meant I found it before pressing > "send". :-) -- Jakub Narebski Poland -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html