From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 01:00:12 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCHv3 3/5] tag --exclude option
Message-ID: <7vty2i749v.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <20120223002215.GE2410@tgrennan-laptop>

Tom Grennan <tmgrennan@gmail.com> writes:

> On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 10:33:29PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>
>>As you do not specify what kind of pattern matching is done to this
>>exclude pattern, it is important to use the same logic between positive
>>and negative ones to give users a consistent UI.  Unfortunately we use
>>fnmatch without FNM_PATHNAME for positive ones, so this exclude pattern
>>needs to follow the same semantics to reduce confusion.
>>
>>This comment applies to all the patches in this series to add this option
>>to existing commands that take the positive pattern.
>
> OK, should I also describe the --no-exclude option?

If you support it, yes.  What does it do?

--no-exclude::
	Cancels all the `--exclude` options given so far on the command line.

perhaps?