From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:28:02 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] gitignore: warn about pointless syntax
Message-ID: <20120109162802.GA2374@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <1326123647-18352-2-git-send-email-jengelh@medozas.de>

On Mon, Jan 09, 2012 at 04:40:47PM +0100, Jan Engelhardt wrote:

> +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