On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 12:56 PM, Jakub Narebski <jnareb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Jakub Narebski wrote: > >> Something like this? > diff --git a/Documentation/gitignore.txt b/Documentation/gitignore.txt > index 7dc2e8b..20abc20 100644 > --- a/Documentation/gitignore.txt I think the prototype for info/exclude is a good idea, too. >> /etc/fstab requires \octal escapes, and not \xFF. > > They are not escapes, but quoting of metacharacters (special characters). ./# \# "#" \043 \x23 &35; whatever you care to call it, however you spell it, the result is intended to be the same: This sequence of characters is to be interpreted as part of the token and not special annotation (or token separator) characters. Anyway, thanks for fixing the doc. - Bruce -- 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