Re: [PATCH v3 5/5] sparse-checkout: reject arguments in cone-mode that look like patterns

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> On Wed, Feb 16, 2022 at 1:57 AM Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
> <avarab@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, Feb 16 2022, Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget wrote:
> >
> > > From: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
> > >
> > > In sparse-checkout add/set under cone mode, the arguments passed are
> > > supposed to be directories rather than gitignore-style patterns.
> > > However, given the amount of effort spent in the manual discussing
> > > patterns, it is easy for users to assume they need to pass patterns such
> > > as
> > >    /foo/*
> > > or
> > >    !/bar/*/
> > > or perhaps they really do ignore the directory rule and specify a
> > > random gitignore-style pattern like
> > >    *.c
> > >
> > > To help catch such mistakes, throw an error if any of the positional
> > > arguments:
> > >   * starts with any of '/!'
> > >   * contains any of '*\?[]'
> >
> > But not "\" itself, we're just escaping the "?" here?...
>
> Nah, I just missed that one.  I should add it below.