On Sat, Oct 6, 2012 at 1:48 AM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> +Unlike `.gitignore`, negative patterns are not supported. >> +Patterns that match directories are also not supported. > > Is "are not supported" the right phrasing? > > I think it makes perfect sense not to forbid "!path attr1", because > it is unclear what it means (e.g. "path -attr1" vs "path !attr1"). > So I would say "Negative patterns are forbidden as they do not make > any sense". OK > But for the latter, I think it makes a lot more sense to just accept > "path/ attr1" and doing nothing. The user requests to set an > attribute to "path" that has to be a directory, and there is nothing > wrong in such a request in itself. But nothing in git asks for > attributes for directories (because we do not track directories), > and such a request happens to be a no-op. Or the user might think "path/ attr1" sets attr1 for all files under "path/" because it does not make sense to attach attributes to a directory in git. -- Duy -- 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