Re: Bug: magic-less pathspecs that start with ":" not processed as expected.

> Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
> 
> > PS It took me a while to figure out where we document pathspec syntax. I
> >    wonder if a "gitpathspecs" manpage would make sense, like we have
> >    "gitrevisions".
> 
> Yeah, I came to the same conclusion (should have saved time by
> scanning the mailing list before I started writing my response) and
> wondered where we wrote it down.  The description you found in the
> glossary, as far as I recall, is the authoritative one and looks
> readable, but I agree it is not as discoverable as it should be.
> 
> A simpler and more readable workaround than ":::file" is "./:file"
> by the way ;-)