From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2023 03:25:11 GMT
Subject: Re: Bug: magic-less pathspecs that start with ":" not processed as expected.
Message-ID: <20231107032144.GA873619@coredump.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqfs1icvfl.fsf@gitster.g>

On Tue, Nov 07, 2023 at 08:29:34AM +0900, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> 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 ;-)

Oh, indeed. That is much less horrible than ":(literal)". :)

-Peff