From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2017 21:05:28 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] pathspec magic: add '^' as alias for '!'
The choice of '!' for a negative pathspec ends up not only not matching
what we do for revisions, it's also a horrible character for shell
expansion since it needs quoting.
So add '^' as an alternative alias for an excluding pathspec entry.
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
pathspec.c | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/pathspec.c b/pathspec.c
index 7ababb315..ecad03406 100644
--- a/pathspec.c
+++ b/pathspec.c
@@ -224,6 +224,12 @@ static const char *parse_short_magic(unsigned *magic, const char *elem)
char ch = *pos;
int i;
+ /* Special case alias for '!' */
+ if (ch == '^') {
+ *magic |= PATHSPEC_EXCLUDE;
+ continue;
+ }
+
if (!is_pathspec_magic(ch))
break;
--
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