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Re: checkout extra files

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Sep 4, 2012, 23:31 UTC
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"Philip Oakley" <philipoakley@iee.org> writes:
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> A comment about the need to quote wild cards would certainly be of
> advantage to many Windows users who won't have used a shell in that
> way before.
>
> Plus I suspect that a large fraction of basic unix/linux users will
> have never really considered the difference between shell expansion
> and git expansion in this case where there are two diifferent 'file
> systems', as demonstrated by the initial query. 

OK, anybody wants to do a patch on top of 5635be1 (on 'pu') or on caae319 (which is 5635be1^2), which adds an example of quoted fileglob to git-checkout documentation?

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  1. Angelo BorsottiSep 3, 2012
  2. Carlos Martín NietoSep 3, 2012
  3. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuySep 3, 2012
  4. Junio C HamanoSep 3, 2012
  5. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuySep 4, 2012
  6. Junio C HamanoSep 4, 2012
  7. Angelo BorsottiSep 4, 2012
  8. Junio C HamanoSep 4, 2012
  9. Junio C HamanoSep 4, 2012
  10. Junio C HamanoSep 4, 2012
  11. Junio C HamanoSep 7, 2012
  12. Philip OakleySep 8, 2012
  13. Junio C HamanoSep 9, 2012
  14. Matthieu MoySep 9, 2012
  15. Junio C HamanoSep 9, 2012
  16. Philip OakleySep 9, 2012
  17. Jeff KingSep 10, 2012
  18. Junio C HamanoSep 10, 2012
  19. Jeff KingSep 10, 2012
  20. Junio C HamanoSep 10, 2012
  21. 1/2 gitcli: formatting fixJunio C Hamano, Sep 10, 2012
  22. 2/2 gitcli: contrast wildcard given to shell and to gitJunio C Hamano, Sep 10, 2012
  23. Jeff KingSep 10, 2012
  24. Junio C HamanoSep 10, 2012
  25. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuySep 4, 2012
  26. Junio C HamanoSep 4, 2012
  27. Carlos Martín NietoSep 3, 2012
  28. Carlos Martín NietoSep 4, 2012
  29. Angelo BorsottiSep 4, 2012
  30. Junio C HamanoSep 4, 2012
  31. Angelo BorsottiSep 4, 2012
  32. Junio C HamanoSep 4, 2012
  33. Philip OakleySep 4, 2012
  34. Junio C HamanoSep 4, 2012
  35. Junio C HamanoSep 8, 2012
  36. Junio C HamanoSep 10, 2012

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