Re: What's cooking in git.git (Dec 2013, #03; Thu, 12)

From: Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com>
Date: Dec 13, 2013, 01:05 UTC
Message-ID: <CACsJy8AMu9tiPBXXi3VKZ=nWub0nNt+6UTgGYRpudGxi7xzUnw@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqwqj9r2ig.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com>

On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 7:57 AM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:

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> * nd/negative-pathspec (2013-12-06) 3 commits
>   (merged to 'next' on 2013-12-12 at 9f340c8)
>  + pathspec.c: support adding prefix magic to a pathspec with mnemonic magic
>  + Support pathspec magic :(exclude) and its short form :!
>  + glossary-content.txt: rephrase magic signature part
>
>  Introduce "negative pathspec" magic, to allow "git log . ':!dir'" to
>  tell us "I am interested in everything but 'dir' directory".

A bit off topic, but that command does not work as-is. We need '--' to separate pathspec.

$ ./git log . :\!t fatal: :!t: no such path in the working tree. Use 'git <command> -- <path>...' to specify paths that do not exist locally.

Something to be improved later..

-- 
Duy