On Tue, 9 Sep 2008, Junio C Hamano wrote: > "Randy.Dunlap" <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > In the kernel tree, I see 2 .gitignore files that use "+pattern": > > > > ./arch/blackfin/include/asm/.gitignore:+mach > > ./arch/blackfin/boot/.gitignore:+vmImage > > > > However, I can't find anything about '+' on the gitignore(5) man page > > at http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/gitignore.html . > > > > Does the '+' mean something special or is it just a character in the > > filename/dir pattern? > > AFAIR, this should be just a shell glob fnmatch(3) understands, so perhaps > their build procedure leaves temporary droppings in a file whose filename > is prefixed with './+'? OK, I'll ask the blackfin developers/maintainers about it. Thanks. -- ~Randy -- 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
