Re: [PATCH] Fix typo in 2.11.0 RelNotes
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- Henrik Ahlgren <pablo@seestieto.com>
- Date
- Oct 28, 2016, 15:33 UTC
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- <1477668782.1869.4.camel@seestieto.com>
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- <xmqqoa2439sp.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
On Fri, 2016-10-28 at 06:03 -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> If the original text were like the following, would it have been > clear enough that prevented you from sending your patch? > > * An empty string used as a pathspec element has always meant > 'everything matches', but it is too easy to write a script that > finds a path to remove in $path and run 'git rm "$paht"' by > mistake (when the user meant to give "$path"), which ends up > removing everything. This release starts warning about the > use of an empty string that is used for 'everything matches' and > asks users to use a more explicit '.' for that instead.
Oops. Yes, but not sure if it really needs to be clear enough even for idiots like me. :-) Sorry.