Re: [PATCHv3 1/2] Documentation: clarify fnmatch behavior in gitignore

> Make it clear that in a .gitignore file,
>
>   *ignore
>
> matches (and therefore excludes) `.gitignore', even though the
> same glob does not match in the shell.
>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
> ---
>
> v3: separate fnmatch wording cleanup into its own patch
>
>  Documentation/gitignore.txt |    7 ++++---
>  1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/gitignore.txt b/Documentation/gitignore.txt
> index 2e7328b..9b1e5e1 100644
> --- a/Documentation/gitignore.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/gitignore.txt
> @@ -86,9 +86,10 @@ PATTERN FORMAT
>     `.gitignore` file).
>
>   - Otherwise, git treats the pattern as a shell glob suitable
> -   for consumption by fnmatch(3) with the FNM_PATHNAME flag:
> -   wildcards in the pattern will not match a / in the pathname.
> -   For example, "Documentation/{asterisk}.html" matches
> +   for consumption by fnmatch(3) with the FNM_PATHNAME but not
> +   FNM_PERIOD flags: wildcards in the pattern will match leading
> +   . but not / in pathnames.  For example,