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Re: [PATCH] gitignore: warn about pointless syntax

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Jan 9, 2012, 16:28 UTC
Message-ID
<20120109162802.GA2374@sigill.intra.peff.net>
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<1326123647-18352-2-git-send-email-jengelh@medozas.de>
On Mon, Jan 09, 2012 at 04:40:47PM +0100, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
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> +static inline void check_bogus_wildcard(const char *file, const char *p)
> +{
> +	if (strstr(p, "**") == NULL)
> +		return;
> +	warning(_("Pattern \"%s\" from file \"%s\": Double asterisk does not "
> +		"have a special meaning and is interpreted just like a single "
> +		"asterisk.\n"), file, p);
Wouldn't this also match the meaningful "foo\**"?
-Peff
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