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Re: [PATCH 1/2] pathspec magic: add '^' as alias for '!'

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CWCornelius Weig <cornelius.weig@tngtech.com>
Date
Feb 8, 2017, 13:23 UTC
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<72ce071a-064d-5123-3248-d8486843c767@tngtech.com>
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<alpine.LFD.2.20.1702072113040.25002@i7.lan>
As Duy pointed out, the glossary needs an update too.
For this one, the cange can be minimal I think:
diff --git a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
index 8ad29e6..f127fe9 100644
--- a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
+++ b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ Glob magic is incompatible with literal magic.
 
 exclude;;
        After a path matches any non-exclude pathspec, it will be run
-       through all exclude pathspec (magic signature: `!`). If it
+       through all exclude pathspec (magic signature: `!` or `^`). If it
        matches, the path is ignored.
 --
 
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  1. 1/2 pathspec magic: add '^' as alias for '!'Linus Torvalds, Feb 8, 2017
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  4. Junio C HamanoFeb 8, 2017
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