From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Nguyán ThÃi Ngác Duy <pclouds@xxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/glossary-content.txt | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt index 1f029f8..4ed2a28 100644 --- a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt +++ b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt @@ -273,6 +273,29 @@ This commit is referred to as a "merge commit", or sometimes just a <<def_pack,pack>>, to assist in efficiently accessing the contents of a pack. +[[def_pathspec]]pathspec:: + Pattern used to specify paths. ++ +Pathspecs are used on the command line of "git ls-files", "git +ls-tree", "git grep", "git checkout", and many other commands to +limit the scope of operations to some subset of the tree or +worktree. See the documentation of each command for whether +paths are relative to the current directory or toplevel. The +pathspec syntax is as follows: + +* any path matches itself +* the pathspec up to the last slash represents a + directory prefix. The scope of that pathspec is + limited to that subtree. +* the rest of the pathspec is a pattern for the remainder + of the pathname. Paths relative to the directory + prefix will be matched against that pattern using fnmatch(3); + in particular, '*' and '?' _can_ match directory separators. ++ +For example, Documentation/*.jpg will match all .jpg files +in the Documentation subtree, +including Documentation/chapter_1/figure_1.jpg. + [[def_parent]]parent:: A <<def_commit_object,commit object>> contains a (possibly empty) list of the logical predecessor(s) in the line of development, i.e. its -- 1.7.3.3.476.g10a82 -- 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