Re: [PATCH] Documentation/git-update-index.txt: Remove obsolete note

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On 03/31/2011 02:15 PM, Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 8:01 PM, Jakob Pfender<jpfender@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 8dcf39 (Prevent bogus paths from being added to the index) introduced a
>> check for files beginning with '.', preventing path names such as
>> `./file`, `dir/./file` or `dir/../file` from being added. This was
>> reflected in the man page.
>>
>> d089eba (setup: sanitize absolute and funny paths in get_pathspec())
>> removed this check without reflecting the change in the man page.
>
> Sounds good.
>
>>   <file>::
>>         Files to act on.
>> -       Note that files beginning with '.' are discarded. This includes
>> -       `./file` and `dir/./file`. If you don't want this, then use
>> -       cleaner names.
>> -       The same applies to directories ending '/' and paths with '//'
>> +       Note that directories ending in '/' and paths with '//' are
>> +       discarded.
>
> Do you mean the slashes or the directories are discarded? Directories
> are not, I believe.

Since we're talking about update-index, yes, directories are actually
discarded, as update-index only accepts files. Directories can be added
via git-add as git-add just passes the single files in the directory to
update-index.
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