From: Bruce Korb <bruce.korb@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 20:52:57 GMT
Subject: Re: How do I .gitignore files starting with "#"?
Message-ID: <AANLkTim4+_GWdnzEGsiqwbySN7uy+7MgwnCYXWiVgjqQ@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <201009102156.31439.jnareb@gmail.com>

On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 12:56 PM, Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com> wrote:
> Jakub Narebski wrote:
>
>> Something like this?

> diff --git a/Documentation/gitignore.txt b/Documentation/gitignore.txt
> index 7dc2e8b..20abc20 100644
> --- a/Documentation/gitignore.txt

I think the prototype for info/exclude is a good idea, too.

>> /etc/fstab requires \octal escapes, and not \xFF.
>
> They are not escapes, but quoting of metacharacters (special characters).

./#
\#
"#"
\043
\x23
&35;

whatever you care to call it, however you spell it, the result is intended to be
the same:  This sequence of characters is to be interpreted as part of the token
and not special annotation (or token separator) characters.

Anyway, thanks for fixing the doc.  - Bruce